Service difficulty report · Efis · Beech 99

Difficulty date
February 20, 2014
Submitted
February 21, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N399CZ
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft serial
U91
Aircraft time
28,620 hours, 39,532 cycles
Part
Efis
Part number
91000001004
Part serial
9985
Condition
Multiple Fail
Location
Zone 200
Part time
1,159 hours, 1,036 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT'S SIDE EFIS PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) LOST ALL AIRSPEED, ATTITUDE AND HEADING DATA WHILE IN IMC AND PILOT'S AIRSPEED INDICATOR FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. OAT AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 17,000 FT WAS APPROXIMATELY -10 DEGREES C. THE PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANY DETERMINED THE MOST LIKELY REASON OF THE FAILURE TO BE A LOSS OF AIRSPEED WHICH CAUSED THE PFD TO FAIL. LOGIC OF THE PFD IS THAT IF AIRSPEED IS LOST AND GPS GROUND SPEED IS OVER 50 KNOTS THE PFD WILL REMOVE ALL FLIGHT ATTITUDE AND HEADING DATA. THE WEATHER AT THE DESTINATION WAS VFR WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT OR AN AIRPORT WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE ACFT AT THE TIME, THEREFORE THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO THE DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PITOT TUBE LINE DRAINS HAVE BEEN OPENED TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE MOISTURE FROM THE SYS WHICH COULD FREEZE AND CAUSE A FAILURE OF THE EFIS AND AIRSPEED INDICATIONS.

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