Service difficulty report · Quick Disconnect · Boeing 737242C

Difficulty date
January 14, 2005
Submitted
March 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737242C
Aircraft time
57,277 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Quick Disconnect
Condition
Failed
Location
Pitot Line
Component
Pitot Line
Component part number
66024F224Q160
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) AC ENCOUNTERED AUTOPILOT, STATIC AIR TEMP INDICATION ANOMALIES. AUTOPILOT PITCH, ROLL COMPUTERS ALONG WITH 3 AIR DATA COMPUTERS (ADC). FOUND PITOT LINE QUICK DISCONNECT TO ADC HAD FAILED. INTERNAL BARREL THAT OPENS PITOT LINE TO ADC HAD FAILED. LINE SEALED, WOULD NOT ALLOW PITOT PRESS TO ENTER THE ADC. RESULTS WAS PITOT INFO USED BY ADC FOR AUTOPILOT GAIN CNTRL, SAT CALCULATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. FIT NOTED THAT AIRSPEED PROBLEMS WERE NOT RECORDED AS MACH AIRSPEED IND WAS STRICTLY PNEUMATIC. NOT INPUT OR SERVO FROM ADC FOR AIRSPEED INFO. SNAG MANIFESTED ITSELF AS AUTOPILOT, SAT RELATED ALONE. PITOT STATIC CKS DID NOT SHOW PRBLM FOR LEAKAGE OR AIRSPEED INFO. LINE WAS REPLACED, AC OPERATED NORMALLY.