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Attributes | |
ACN | 1351170 |
Time | |
Date | 201604 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | IMC |
Light | Dusk |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Cessna Citation Sovereign (C680) |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Descent |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Pitot/Static Ice System |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Person 2 | |
Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
[Enroute] we determined our primary airport was not a workable option due to low ceilings and a tail wind component. We talked with the [client] and also talked with dispatch and [selected an alternate]. We were assigned the arrival into [the alternate] at FL410. Leaving FL410 we descended into the clouds which had thunderstorms in the area. At approximately FL280 we got the left inboard wing anti-ice cold amber case message during our descent. Leveling at FL260 the case message then extinguished. Shortly after this we got the left engine control fault followed with a right engine control fault which caused a loss of the autopilot and yaw a+B. We were able to eventually reset the autopilot and the control faults reset. Several minutes later we again got the left and right engine control faults with a failure of the autopilot again. We also noted the l-engine carrot for the engine power turned to amber. The PIC noticed the airspeed indicator of the left side decreasing to 165KTS in the descent which didn't seem right; then we heard the overspeed clacker indicating an overspeed condition of the aircraft. We both then noted the overspeed condition on the right side along with the standby instruments. I then noted a slow decrease in airspeed on the left side all the way down to 30KTS. I transferred controls to the right seat pilot where the sic stopped the rate of descent to level attitude. At this time we noted VFR conditions underneath us to the ground. We asked the controller if we had an airport underneath us and were told that [a suitable airport] was about 10 miles away with visual conditions. We decided to [request] priority handling to the airport. We then noted that the ahrs was totally inoperative with a red X on all the left instruments leaving me without any airspeed or any other reference data on the left side. The controller then vectored us to a right downwind to the uncontrolled airport without any further incidence. This reminds me of the simulator training we had recently which simulated [another air carrier] incident which had wrong airspeed indications due to severe icing conditions. We were fortunate this didn't affect the right side or standby instruments and it was also fortunate we had VFR conditions underneath us as [our first alternate] was at minimums and 30 minutes away.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CE-680 flight crew reported diverting to an alternate after noting system multiple anomalies associated with probable pitot/static icing.
Narrative: [Enroute] we determined our primary airport was not a workable option due to low ceilings and a tail wind component. We talked with the [client] and also talked with dispatch and [selected an alternate]. We were assigned the arrival into [the alternate] at FL410. Leaving FL410 we descended into the clouds which had thunderstorms in the area. At approximately FL280 we got the left inboard wing anti-ice cold amber case message during our descent. Leveling at FL260 the case message then extinguished. Shortly after this we got the left engine control fault followed with a right engine control fault which caused a loss of the autopilot and yaw A+B. We were able to eventually reset the autopilot and the control faults reset. Several minutes later we again got the left and right engine control faults with a failure of the autopilot again. We also noted the L-engine carrot for the engine power turned to amber. The PIC noticed the airspeed indicator of the left side decreasing to 165KTS in the descent which didn't seem right; then we heard the overspeed clacker indicating an overspeed condition of the aircraft. We both then noted the overspeed condition on the right side along with the standby instruments. I then noted a slow decrease in airspeed on the left side all the way down to 30KTS. I transferred controls to the right seat pilot where the SIC stopped the rate of descent to level attitude. At this time we noted VFR conditions underneath us to the ground. We asked the controller if we had an airport underneath us and were told that [a suitable airport] was about 10 miles away with visual conditions. We decided to [request] priority handling to the airport. We then noted that the AHRS was totally inoperative with a red X on all the left instruments leaving me without any airspeed or any other reference data on the left side. The Controller then vectored us to a right downwind to the uncontrolled airport without any further incidence. This reminds me of the simulator training we had recently which simulated [another air carrier] incident which had wrong airspeed indications due to severe icing conditions. We were fortunate this didn't affect the right side or standby instruments and it was also fortunate we had VFR conditions underneath us as [our first alternate] was at minimums and 30 minutes away.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.