Service difficulty report · Heater · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 24, 2008
Submitted
November 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N939DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49812
Aircraft time
52,113 hours, 40,192 cycles
Part
Heater
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Pitot Tube
Component
Pitot Tube
Component part number
851AK
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PITOT/STALL HEAT OFF MSG ON TAKEOFF ROLL. CAPT PITOT HEATER SHOWING ZERO CURRENT. REJECTED TAKEOFF AT 75KTS. REPLACED CAPTS PITOT PER M/M. PROBE NOW DRAWS A CURRENT AND IS HOT. PITOT LEAK CK PER MM CKS GOOD.

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