Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
March 28, 2014
Submitted
March 31, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N602AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145048
Aircraft time
38,423 hours, 32,085 cycles
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

ON DECENT IN IMC CONDITIONS, FIRST OFFICER'S IAS BECAME INVALID, DROPPING TO APPROX 140 KTS, CAPTAIN'S & STBY WERE NORMAL. AFTER FURTHER DECENT FIRST OFFICER'S IAS STARED WORKING NORMALLY & CAPTAIN'S IAS BECAME UNRELIABLE DROPPING TO APPROX THE BOTTOM OF THE SCALE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES & FURTHER DECENT ALL IAS INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. DRAINED FAIR AMOUNT WATER FROM CAPTAIN`S SIDE, LOTS OF WATER FROM FIRST OFFICER`S SIDE VIA QUICK DISCONNECTS. DID DUAL PITOT STATIC SYS LEAK CHECKS IAW AMM 34-13-00, ALL CHECKS WERE GOOD. BOTH ADC'S OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW 34-15-00. BOTH ADC'S & PITOT STATIC SYS ARE RVSM ELIGIBLE .

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