Service difficulty report · Pitot Head · Airbus A320233

Difficulty date
December 7, 2017
Submitted
December 8, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N490TA
Make and model
Airbus A320233
Aircraft serial
2282
Aircraft time
46,963 hours, 19,361 cycles
Part
Pitot Head
Condition
Damaged
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER ARRIVAL TO MIA OF FLIGHT AVA008 COMING FROM BOG, THE PILOT REPORTED: "DURING INITIAL CLIMB POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE ON THE F/O PITOT PROBES (WRONG SPEED AND ALTITUDE INDICATION ON F/O PFD)". DUE THAT SITUATION THE AIRCRAFT WAS HELD ON GROUND AT MIA, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED INSPECTION TO THE AIRCRAFT AS PER TSM 05-50-00-810-803-A / AMM 05-51-14-200-803-A, FOUND DAMAGED THE F/O PITOT PROBE, NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGES FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS REPLACED THE F/O PITOT PROBE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 34-11-15 PB401 AND PERFORMED FLUSHING OF THE PRINCIPAL TOTAL PRESSURE LINES IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 34-10-00-170-001-A, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE ICE PROTECTION AS PER AMM 30-31-00-710-001-A WITH NORMAL RESULTS. AFTER THOSE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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