Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
April 14, 2014
Submitted
April 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16541
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145542
Aircraft time
30,585 hours, 23,977 cycles
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED AT FL 370 A NOTICEABLE ICE BUILD UP ON THE UNPROTECTED SURFACES AS WELL AS THE TAT. SHORTLY AFTER IAS AND ALT INSTRUMENTS BEGAN TO FAIL FOLLOWED BY A NR 2 PACK OVERHEAT MESSAGE ON THE EICAS DISPLAY. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE DESCENT. DURING DESCENT, ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS MASTER CAUTION MESSAGES INCLUDING RUDDER OVERBOOST, YAW DAMP FAIL, IC WOW1 INOPERATIVE. INSTRUMENTATION FUNCTIONALITY RETURNED BETWEEN FL200 AND 10,000 FT AND THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED OPS CHECKS OF THE ANTI-ICE SYSTEM, RADIO COMM1 AND COMM 2, STALL PROTECTION SYSTEM, RUDDER OVERBOOST SYSTEM AND IC 600 COMPUTER. WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE PITOT/STATIC LINES AND ADC SYSTEMS NR 1 AND NR 2 WERE RESET. AFTER ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE ADDRESSED THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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