SDR AALA970633

Service difficulty report · Pitot Sys · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 27, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1760A
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48550
Part
Pitot Sys
Condition
Dirty
Location
E/E Compt
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

EZE - FLT 900 - ON T/O PFD CAPT BETWEEN 80 KTS AND V1, A/P BOX YELLOW, UNABLE T/O CLAMP. PFD CAPT 80 KT DIFF RAW DATA APPROX 400 FT AND 800 FT CAPT AIRSPEED 120KT WARN LOW SPEED FADEC 3 OFF LIGHTS. FLAP LIMIT OVERRIDE, AUTO SLAT FAIL AND ELEV FEEL MANUAL. ACCOMP ABNORMAL PROCEDURES. DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED, LANDING W/O INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 1 FCC AND CLEANED CONNECTORS TO FCC NR 1 AND NR 2 SYS GROUND CHECKED NORM OP. A/C MX FERRY EZE/DFW, DURING WHICH CAPT AIRSPEED INDICATED 40 KTS LWR THAN F/O, NR 1 AND NR 2 WOULD DISENGAGE. AT CRUISE, A/P WOULD DISCONNECT. CADC NR 2 BOOT STRAPPED TO ALLOW CORRECTION OF CAPT AIRSPEED AND WARNINGS. A/C LANDED W/O INCIDENT. PURGED CAPT AND F/O PITOT STATIC LINES. ACC

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