Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
August 8, 2022
Submitted
August 8, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N396QS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800240
Aircraft time
12,462 hours, 8,077 cycles
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Blocked
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

NOTED THE TWO PRIMARY ALTIMETERS DIFFER BUT NOT OUT OF LIMITS, AT FL320, DIFFERENCE 90 FT, OUT OF COMPLIANCE, WITH RT ALTIMETER READING HIGHER THAN LT. ON GROUND AFTER FLT, STILL DIFFERED BY ABOUT 25 FT. PURGED THE PILOT/STATIC SYSTEMS IAW MM 34-11-00. FOUND WATER IN PILOT & COPILOT PITOT & STATIC SYSTEMS. BOTH STATIC PORT OPENINGS ON BOTH SIDES BLOCKED. FOUND INSECT IN THE STATIC PORT ON PILOT'S SIDE BUT 1 LINE WILL NOT PURGE. REMOVED STATIC HARD LINE AT RT FWD BLKHD. PURGED STATIC HARD LINE. PURGED COPILOTS STATIC PORT AT STATIC PORT ELBOW, NO DEFECTS. PURGED STATIC SYSTEM CROSS OVER LINE, NO DEFECTS. PERFORMED PURGING ON PILOTS STATIC HARD LINE & STATIC PORT ELBOW, NO DEFECTS.