What was found
FO NO AIRSPEED, RTO AT 50 KTS. REMOVED DEBRIS FROM FO PITOT PROBE, BLEW NITROGEN THRU 2 LINES SECTIONS AFT OF PROBE. NO DEBRIS NOTED. USING HAND PUMP, WAS ABLE TO READ 260KTS AT INDICATOR PER MM 34-10-00-5, OK FOR SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- November 12, 2006
- Submitted
- November 14, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N685FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4605R
- Aircraft serial
- 803
- Aircraft time
- 11,059 hours, 6,031 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3411 · Pitot/Static System
- Part
- Pitot Tube
- Condition
- Obstructed
- Location
- Pitot/Static Sys
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- G
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.