SDR 06FDEA2663

Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
July 23, 2006
Submitted
July 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N411FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
359
Aircraft time
33,866 hours, 19,655 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Condition
Dirty
Location
Pitot/Static Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RIGHT AFTER ROTATION BOTH ATS LEVERS DROPPED OFF. ADC FAILED ON CAPT SIDE SWITCHED OVER TO OTHER SYSTEM REENGAGED ATS LEVERS AS PER ECAM THROTTLE RETARDED TO IDLE AS SOON AS ATHR BUTTON PUSHED. NO ECAM FOR ADC. ALSO NR 1 FLT DIRECTOR FAILED. CAPTS ALTIMETER OF FLAG INTERMITTENT IN VIEW. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPT ALTIMETER IAW MM 34-12-21-4. OPS CHK NORMAL. PERFORMED FLUSHOUT OF NR 1 ADC PITOT TUBES FOUND DEBRIS IN PITOT TUBE AND ASSOCIATED TUBING BACK TO ADC. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ADC PER M/M 34-11-34-4. PERFORMED PITOT LEAK CK PER M/M 34-10-00-5.

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