Service difficulty report · Pitot Syst · Airbus A310200

Difficulty date
August 25, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401FE
Make and model
Airbus A310200
Aircraft serial
501
Part
Pitot Syst
Condition
Dirty
Location
Lt/Rt
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
I
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON T/O AT ONT, BOTH AIRSPEED INDICATORS BECAME ACTIVE AND CK'D AT 80 KTS AT 200 FT ABOVE GRD. AIRSPEED DROPPED OFF ON APPROACH A/S WAS 40 TO 60 KTS BELOW PFD SPEED, NO OTHER PRESSURE GAUGES WAS ALT OR VSI WERE EFFECTED BOTH A/S INDICATORS SHOWED THE PROBLEM. FLUSHED STANDBY TOTAL PRESSURE SYS PER 34-1000 PG 302, LEAKED CK OF STANDBY PITOT SYS PER 34-10-0 P 548 AND 549 NORMAL.

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