Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 29, 2025
Submitted
April 30, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N451UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
865
Aircraft time
80,555 hours, 33,302 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NO AIRSPEED INDICATIONS ON CAPTAIN'S PFD ACCMP PITOT INSPECTION OF CAP PITOT PROBE REF AMM 34-11-15-200-001-A. FOUNF CAP PITOT PROBE (9DA1) BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS. A.C, RETURN BACK TO AUSTIN , FERRY CREW THAT WERE TAKING IT TO DENVER , REPORTED AIRSPEED INDICATION ISSUES, I T.-S , AND PERFORMED SEVERAL NAV SYSTEM TESTS , AND NO FAULTS WERE BEING INDICATED ,ALL TEST GOOD.. DURING THE FLIGHT THE F-O SCREEN WAS INDICATING AIRSPEED , WHILE ON THE PILOTS SCREEN IT WAS SHOWING BLANK, NO SPEED INDICATION AT ALL WAS SHOWN.. ACCMP TOTAL PRESSURE LINE FLUSH OF CAP PITOT PROBE (9DA1) REF AMM 34-10-00-170-001-A. ACCMP CAP PITOT SYS TOTAL AIR DATA LEAK TEST REF AMM 34-13-00-790-002-A AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF ADM ACCURACY REF AMM 34-13-00-720-010-A FOR CAP PITOT PROBE ADM (19FP1). BOTH TEST PASS AND CAP AIRSPEED DATA OPERATES NORMALLY.

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