Service difficulty report · Module · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
November 18, 2020
Submitted
November 19, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29568
Aircraft time
34,924 hours, 14,104 cycles
Part
Module
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Air Data
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. DURING DESCENT AT 21,000 IN ICING CONDITIONS, HAD AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE ON CA'S SIDE, STANDBY AND F/O'S INSTRUMENTS NORMAL. CA'S AIRSPEED READING 80 KTS, BUT ACTUAL SPEED 300 KTS. FOLLOWED QRH AND EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, EMERGENCY DECLARED. CA'S AIRSPEED NORMAL AT 4 MILE FINAL, NO AIRSPEED LIMITS EXCEEDED, ANTI-ICE WAS ON. STICK SHAKER CAME ON AS EXPECTED. REPLACED LT AIR DATA MODULE, IAW AMM 34-21-04. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD. ALSO REPLACED LT PITOT TUBE (AALA202011199010), IAW 34-11-01 AND LT ADIRU (AALA202011199017) IAW 34-21-01. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD.