Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
December 23, 2014
Submitted
December 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N822AE
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145581
Aircraft time
30,128 hours, 26,607 cycles
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN CRUISE AT ALT OF 32000 THE CAP'S AIRSPEED FAILED & STARTED TO DECREASE FROM 234 KTS TO A LOW OF 150 KTS. AT 150 KTS THE AIRSPEED CLIMBS RAPIDLY BACK TO NORMAL. WE HAD STARTED A DECENT TO 24'000 WHEN THE AIRSPEED RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE ACFT HAD RECENTLY CLIMBED THOUGH MODERATE RAIN & CLOUDS AFTER AIRSPEED RETURNED TO NORMAL. CONTINUED TO WORK NORMALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. DRAINED WATER FROM PITOT SYS & PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK & LEAK CHECK IAW AMM 34-13-00. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT IS COMPLIANT FOR CONTINUED CAT II OPERATION.

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