Service difficulty report · Pitot Head · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 20, 2017
Submitted
December 22, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
81,166 hours, 18,210 cycles
Part
Pitot Head
Condition
Clogged
Location
Captain'S
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, RECEIVED AN AMBER NO COMPARE ON THE CAPTAIN`S PFD AND AMBER X ON EAD. NO SENSOR ALERTS AND ALTITUDES WITHIN 100 FT. NO OTHER MISCOMPARE ANNUNCIATIONS. RECEIVED AN IAS DISAGREE ON APPROACH. F/O AIRSPEED AGREED WIITH STANDBY INDICATOR. NUMERIOUS AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTS. NOTED CLOGGED CAPTAIN'S PITOT TUBE DRAIN HOLES. CLEANED IAW MM 34-11-01-2. PERFORMED CAPTAIN'S PITOT SYS LEAK CHECK IAW MM 34-11-00-2. NO LEAKS NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CAPTAIN'S NR 1 CADC IAW MM 34-16-01-4. AFS RTS AND AUTOLAND RTS TESTS TO BOTH FCC'S NORMAL. IAW MM 22-00-00-5. RVSM AND LLM IN COMPLIANCE. OK FOR SERVICE.

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