Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
February 28, 2005
Submitted
March 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N640DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
23994
Aircraft time
54,945 hours, 26,300 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Condition
Unreliable
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT FROM JFK IN ICING CONDITIONS LOST BOTH CAPT AND F/O AIRSPEED INDICATORS, AIRSPEED COMMAND BUGS WERE UNRELIABLE, AND LOST ALL ENGINE POWER SETTINGS INSTRUMENTS EPR N1, N2. EMERGENCY DECLARED. ONCE VFR EVERYTHING CAME BACK EXCEPT FOR EPR INDICATIONS. THOROUGHLY TESTED PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM - NTF.