Service difficulty report · Elbow · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
June 15, 2012
Submitted
June 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N941FD
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22691
Aircraft time
68,340 hours, 27,135 cycles
Part
Elbow
Part number
0851F1
Part serial
153944
Condition
Leaking
Location
Pitot Tube
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
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 DISCREPANCY BETWEEN CAPTAIN`S AIRSPEED AN F/O AIRSPEED OF 40KIAS. REJECTED T/O AT 100KIAS BASED ON F/O AIRSPEED INDICATOR. CLEARED RWY & PERFORMED RTO CHECKLIST. BRAKE COOLING TIME OF 51 MIN. FOUND CAPT'S PITOT TUBE CLOGGED WITH ORGANIC MATTER. R & R CAPTAIN'S PITOT TUBE AND OPS TESTED BAD DUE TO LEAKS. FOUND LEAK AT 1ST ELBOW DOWN STREAM FROM CAPTAIN'S PITOT TUBE. R & R ELBOW AND ALL OPS TESTS GOOD. CAPT'S AND F/O'S AIRSPEED INDICATIONS ARE GOOD. ALSO FLUSHED CAPT'S PITOT LINE--NO OTHER DEBRIS FOUND. AMM 34-11-01-4. R/I FROM FACT PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION.