Service difficulty report · Mount · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
February 15, 2025
Submitted
February 21, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0342
Aircraft time
1,453 hours, 2,085 cycles
Part
Mount
Part number
741421137
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PRESSURIZATION CONTROL: CLIMBING THRU APPROXIMATELY FL 330, CREW HEARD A LOUD POP, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD VACCUM SOUND. CREW EXPERIENCED SENSATION OF LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. CABIN ALTITUDE CAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED, CABIN CLIMBING WAS INDICATED. CREW DONNED MASK, ESTABLISHED COMMS, AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. PAX OXYGEN WAS MANUALLY DEPLOYED. ON POST FLIGHT, FOUND RIGHT SIDE PITOT TUBE SEPARATED FROM IT'S CASING. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED STANDBY PITOT PROBE MOUNT. OPS CHECK GOOD. IAW CE-680A AMM REF 34-10-00-720

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