Service difficulty report · Indicator · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 5, 2014
Submitted
January 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53417
Aircraft time
53,240 hours, 41,937 cycles
Part
Indicator
Condition
Frozen
Location
Airspeed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P, M
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, CREW REPORTED BOTH CAPTAIN`S & F/O`S AIRSPEED INDICATIONS FROZE AT 80 KNOTS. SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF RESULTED IN OVERBOOST & OVERTEMP OF BOTH ENGINES. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED, LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND EXCEEDANCES ON BOTH ENGINES AND WERE REPLACED. A FULL PURGE AND LEAK CHECK OF BOTH PITOT-STATIC SYSTEMS WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND BOTH AIR DATA COMPUTERS WERE REPLACED. DURING THE PITOT STATIC CHECKS, IT WAS DETERMINED THE LT STATIC PORT HEATER WAS INOPERATIVE AND IT WAS ALSO REPLACED.

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