What was found
AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD WHEN A LEAK IN THE PITOT STATIC SYSTEM RESULTED IN UNRELIABLE AIR DATA. FLEX LINE WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING FROM UPPER RT PITOT TUBE TO FIRST ELBOW .
- Difficulty date
- April 19, 2003
- Submitted
- April 29, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N349UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 24253
- Aircraft time
- 43,834 hours, 23,762 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM56*
- System (JASC)
- 3411 · Pitot/Static System
- Part
- Line
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Pitot Static
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.