Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
September 18, 2017
Submitted
September 19, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N109TW
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
0338
Aircraft time
1,784 hours, 1,635 cycles
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100
Part time
1,784 hours, 1,635 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF FROM KMTJ THE PILOTS NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATIONS WERE IN DISAGREE, THEY CONTINUED TO CLIMB AND DETERMINED THAT THE DISAGREEMENT WAS WITH THE NR 1, NR 2 AND THE STANDBY SYSTEM SO THEY RETURNED TO KMTJ AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED AND THE PITOT STATIC SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND CERTIFIED OK FOR SERVICE WITH THE FAULT CAUSED BY MOISTURE IN THE SYSTEM. THERE WAS A HARD RAIN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT WITH THE AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE, ALL PORTS WERE COVERED WITH THE STANDARD PITOT COVERS.

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