Service difficulty report · Pitot Line · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 29, 2016
Submitted
May 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
77,052 hours, 16,964 cycles
Part
Pitot Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Pitot/Static Sys
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING VECTORS FOR FINAL APPROACH, GOT SEL ELEV FEEL MAN & FLAP LIM OVRD. LEVEL 2 ALERTS. ADDITION TO LOSS OF BOTH FLT DIRECTORS, AUTO PILOT, ATS BOTH RED, SELECT FADEC ALTN, AIRSPEED 1 LOSS & ERRATIC. FOLLOWED QRH CHECKLIST PROCEDURES FOR AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE & OTHER FLT CTRL LVL 2 ISSUES & LANDED. EXTREME WX/T STORMS & RAIN IN TERMINAL AREA. NO KNOWN ICING ENCOUNTERED. FLT CONDITIONS AT TIME OF LOSS, IMC, RAIN TEMP 7 DEG, C WIND VARIABLE, ALTITUDE FL 200, SPEED 290 IN DESCENT PHASE OF FLT. CADC SWAP & FLT DIR NR 1 OFF CORRECTED CAPTAINS SIDE AS & FD. FOUND WATER IN CAPT'S PITOT LINE, PURGED CAPTS PITOT LINE & TESTED IAW MM 34-11-00-2. SYS NOW CHECKS GOOD.

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