Service difficulty report · Pitot Line · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
March 31, 2005
Submitted
April 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N881LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53051
Aircraft time
41,996 hours, 30,355 cycles
Part
Pitot Line
Condition
Misused
Location
Air Speed
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT REJECTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AT 80 KTS, THE AUXILIARY AIR SPEED INDICATOR SHOWS O KTS. DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETECTED THAT THE PITOT PNEUMATIC LINE WAS WRONGLY CONNECTED AND LOOSED. ADDITIONALLY THE STATIC PRESS LINE CONNECTOR AND THE NIPPLE TO JOINT THE STATIC PITOT TUBE TO THE INDICATOR WERE WITH SEVERAL DAMAGES. BOTH CONSUMABLE ITEMS WERE REPLACED AND AUXILIARY PITOT TUBE LEAK TEST AND SPEED INDICATION TEST WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 34-13-02, ALL CORRECT.

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