Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 17, 2023
Submitted
June 20, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425AM
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7264
Aircraft time
4,092 hours, 12,765 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Part number
6700615101
Part serial
33494
Condition
Clogged
Part time
4,092 hours, 12,765 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

G500 AIRSPEED INDICATION WAS LAGGING BEHIND PERCEIVED AIRSPEED ON CLIMB OUT FROM AIRPORT REPOSITIONING TO BASE. ONCE AT TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE, BEGAN TO TRY AND DIAGNOSE WHAT THE G500 AIRSPEED INDICATION WAS SHOWING. IT MAXED OUT AT 50KIAS AT WHAT I PERCEIVED TO BE CRUISE AIRSPEED, CRUISE POWER, AND TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE. I SET UP THE GPS TO SHOW ALTITUDE AND GROUND SPEED, WAS INTO THE WIND AT THE TIME SHOWING 90 KTS GROUND SPEED AND AROUND 2000'MSL. WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM ANALOG INDICATION DUE TO DIVISION OF ATTENTION. TURNED AROUND AT HOSPITAL AND RETURNED TO THE HANGAR. ON FINAL APPROACH TO HANGAR, AIRSPEED SLOWED AND ALTITUDE DECREASED WITH DESCENT AND SLOWDOWN, HOWEVER IT SEEMED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATION DROPPED OFF SOONER THAN NORMAL.

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