Service difficulty report · Indicator · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
July 25, 2008
Submitted
May 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N259QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
159
Aircraft time
6,689 hours, 4,158 cycles
Engine
Cfe CFE73811B
Part
Indicator
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Airspeed
Part time
996 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF ROLL NO AIRSPEED INDICATED ON F/O'S INDICATOR. AIRSPEED ON CAPT'S & STBY AIRSPEED CHECKED GOOD. TAKEOFF ABORTED AT 70KTS WITH STILL NO INDICATION ON F/O'S SIDE. TROUBLESHOT TO A FAILED NR 2 ADC. REMOVED FAILED UNIT & INSTALLED OVERHAULED UNIT. ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY LEAK TEST. FUNCTIONAL TEST & RECERT UP TO 47000 FT. TRANSPORTER ALTITUDE CORRESPONDENCE CHECK GOOD IAW INSP PITOT TUBES FOR OBSTRUCTIONS, NONE. PURGED PITOT LINE, NO DEBRIS. PERFORMED CHECK OF F/O'S AIRSPEED NOTED SPEED VERY SLOW TO RISE TO SELECTED SPEED, NOTED. LEAK RATE ONLY 4 OF KT/ P/MIN. SPEED VERY SLOW TO RUN DOWN. ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS NOTING SAME RESULTS. REMOVED PITOT LINE AT TADC & CONNECTED PITOT, TESTED DIRECTLY TO ADC PORT. AIRSPEED INDICATIONS REMAINED VERY SLOW TO REACT. CONTINUED MCC & DEBRIEFED WITH RESULTS. ADC OPER. INSTALLED ALL PITOT/STAIL PROTECTORS. REMOVED PITOT/ STATIC LINES FROM NR2 ADC. REMOVED ADC. INSTALLED OVERHAULED UNIT. COMPLIED WITH ADC RECERTIFICATION & LEAK CHECKS GOOD. INSTALLED COCKPIT SIDE PANEL. FUNCTIONAL TEST LEAK CHECK & RECERT UP TO 47,000 FT INCLUDING RVSM REQUIREMENT IAW FAR 91-411 AND MM W/O'S 34-100, 34101, 34-102, 34-103, 103-104 AND 34-507. TRANSPONDERS TESTED FOR ALTITUDE CORRESPONDENCE IAW PART HPE OF PRT 43.