Service difficulty report · Pitot Tube · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
August 12, 2015
Submitted
August 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N269QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
169
Aircraft time
11,360 hours, 7,032 cycles
Part
Pitot Tube
Condition
Obstructed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT 300 AGL, THE LT AIRSPEED DISAPPEARED. IT CAME BACK ON SHORTLY, SHOWING 80 KTS. FIRST OFFICER`S AIRSPEED WAS 220 KTS. LT AIRSPEED CLIMBED TO 270, WHILE THE RT DROPPED TO 120KTS. CONTINUED TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT AIRSPEEDS & ALL CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 270KTS & 180KTS. ALL THREE WERE DIFFERENT AT ALL TIMES BY AS MUCH AS 100KTS. EIED HAS F1A, F1B, F2A, F2B ADC FAULTS. INSPECTED ALL THREE PITOT & STATIC SYS. FOUND INSECT NESTING MATERIAL & COCOONS IN ALL THREE PITOT PROBES, AT THE BACK SIDE OF THE PROBES. RECONNECTED PITOT PROBES & COMPLIED WITH PITOT & STATIC SYS LEAK CHECK. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW FAA 43 APPENDIX E PARAGRAPH A, AND IAW 91.411 & MM 34-11-00-790-801 & 34-11-00-200-801.