Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 26, 2017
Submitted
April 28, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53634
Aircraft time
47,981 hours, 24,171 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
102JD2FE
Part serial
80641
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLIMBING FROM FL330 TO FL350 AIRSPEED INCREASED TO OVERSPEED - USED STANDBY AIRSPEED. BOTH CAP AND FO INDICATIONS WERE OVERSPEED. THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ON FINAL APPROACH AIRSPEED DID NOT APPEAR NORMAL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RAM AIR TEMP PROBE IAW AMM 34-16-02. OPS CHECKS OKAY. PERFORMED PITOT/STATIC LINES DRAIN CHECK. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT TEST OF PITOT STATIC SYSTEMS. ALL WITHIN TOLERANCE. ALL INDICATORS WITHIN TOLERANCE. ALL TESTS ACCOMPLISHED IAW AMM 34-11-00. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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