Service difficulty report · Pitot Head · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
April 19, 2011
Submitted
April 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N721FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
477
Aircraft time
39,857 hours, 21,501 cycles
Part
Pitot Head
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 100
Part time
9,673 hours, 5,892 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ALTITUDE ALERT ON CONTINUOSLY IN LEVEL FLT. ALTITUDE NEVER OFF BY 50FT AND LIGHT & HORN ACTIVATED & HAD TO BE MANUALLY CORRECTED TO ALTITUDE WITH EITHER AUTOPILOT ON. USED NR 2 REMAINDER OF FLT DUE TO LOSS OF CAPT FD/ADC. REPLACED CAPT'S, F/O'S & STANDBY PITOT PROBES IAW MM34-11-15-04. R & R NR 1 & 2 FLT AUG COMPUTERS IAW MM 22-26-34-04. R & R NR 1 & 2 FEEL LIMIT COMPUTERS IAW AMM 27-23-26-04, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. PERFORMED HEATING TEST IAW AMM 34-11-15-04, 34-10-00-03. PERFORMED INSPECTION OF WATER TRAPS IAW AMM 12-24-34-00, NO CONTAMINATION FOUND. PERFORMED PITOT SYS LEAK DOWN TEST IAW MM 4-10-00-05, TESTED GOOD. NO ABNORMAL OR ERRATIC INDICATIONS DURING TESTING.

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