What was found
FLIGHT 6040 - BUF - FLIGHT CREW REPORTED IAS MISCOMPARE ON EICAS. CREW DIVERTED FLIGHT AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MX DRAINED BOTH PITOT SYSTEMS AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK SUCCESSFULLY. ACFT WAS APPROVED TO RETURN TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- May 29, 2011
- Submitted
- June 1, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N14570
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145632
- Aircraft time
- 18,278 hours, 15,172 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3411 · Pitot/Static System
- Part
- Pitot System
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Pitot/Static Sys
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.