Service difficulty report · Pitot Line · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
July 21, 2011
Submitted
July 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N371FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46609
Aircraft time
88,059 hours, 36,510 cycles
Engine
Ge CF66D
Part
Pitot Line
Condition
Damaged
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF, AIRSPEED STAGNATED THEN BECAME ERRATIC. COMPLIED WITH QRH. RETURNED TO FIELD. R & R 3 PITOT TUBES IAW MM 34-11-02-2. PERFORMED A LOW RANGE LEAK TEST ON PITOT AND STATIC SYS. ALL TESTS NORMAL. NO LEAKS IN SYS OR LEAK DOWN. ALL PITOT LINES PURGED PRIOR TO PITOT TUBE CONNECTION AND NO OBSTRUCTIONS NOTED. AIRSPEED AND ALT CHECKED NORMAL ON AIR DATA SYS TEST. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE IAW AMM 34-16-00-5. ACFT REMAINS RVSM IAW GMM CHAPT 6.

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