Service difficulty report · Indicator · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 30, 2022
Submitted
December 30, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N573FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48769
Aircraft time
76,708 hours, 17,469 cycles
Part
Indicator
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Airspeed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE PASSING 12000 FEET. CHECKLIST DETERMINED BAD INFORMATION ON FIRST OFFICER SIDE. SELECTED CADC 1 ON FO SIDE AND INDICATIONS MATCHED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. INSPECTED FO PITOT TUBE AND FOUND THAT THE DRAIN HOLES WERE OBSTRUCTED. CLEARED DRAIN HOLES AND A GOOD AMOUNT OF WATER CAME OUT OF THEM. PURGED THE FO PITOT SYSTEM AS REQUIRED AND ALSO CHECKED FOR WATER IN THE PITOT STATIC LINES WHERE INDICATOR FLOAT IS LOCATED. MORE WATER CAME OUT OF THE SYSTEMWHEN PURGING , BUT THERE WAS NO MOISTURE IN PITOT STATIC SYSTEM DRAINS WHERE FLOAT BALLS ARE LOCATED. PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL FO PITOT STATIC SYSTEM LEA TEST. REF AMM 34-11-00-2. OK FOR SERVICE.

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