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During an IMC climb on a test flight following autopilot maintenance; a PA-46 pilot discovered he had no airspeed; vertical speed and an incorrect altimeter. He returned to the departure airport where the static plumbing was found disconnected inside the cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1258423 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pitot-Static System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Autopilot - maintenance static system malfunction. In climb as cabin pressurized airspeed '0'. Altimeter 1;200 - encoder 1;200 even though climbing. Vertical speed indicator '0'. IFR in clouds - declared emergency with approach - vectors return to departure airport RNAV 15 approach. On ground; discovered disconnect in static system plumbing inside pressurized cabin.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: During an IMC climb on a test flight following autopilot maintenance; a PA-46 pilot discovered he had no airspeed; vertical speed and an incorrect altimeter. He returned to the departure airport where the static plumbing was found disconnected inside the cabin.
Narrative: Autopilot - Maintenance Static System malfunction. In climb as cabin pressurized airspeed '0'. Altimeter 1;200 - Encoder 1;200 even though climbing. Vertical Speed Indicator '0'. IFR in clouds - declared emergency with Approach - vectors return to departure airport RNAV 15 Approach. On ground; discovered disconnect in static system plumbing inside pressurized cabin.
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.