SDR AALA970083

Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
January 10, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1752K
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48421
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Fod
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DFW - FLT 901 - DURING TAKEOFF AT ROTATION, LOST CAPTAINS AIRSPEED INDICATION, NR 1, 2, AND 3 FADEC SYSTEM FAILED AND AUTOPILOTS INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED CFDS FAULTED AIR DATA COMPUTERS. REMOVED SMALL CONTAMINATE FROM CAPTAINS PITOT TUBE. CHECKED SECURITY OF ALL PITOT STATIC CONNECTORS AT AIR DATA COMPUTERS WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND. ACCOMPLISHED PITOT STATIC CHECK OF SYSTEM 1 AND SYSTEM 2 WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND. AIRSPEED AND ALTIMETERS CHECKED GOOD. NR 1, 2 AND 3 FADEC AND AUTOPILOTS CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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