Service difficulty report · Pitot System · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date
September 16, 2008
Submitted
September 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N125UP
Make and model
Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial
0809
Part
Pitot System
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Captains
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

INSPECTION TYPE:N/A RTO (X2) SPLIT BETWEEN CAPTAIN AND STANDBY AIRSPEED AFTER 1ST RTO. MX ACCOMPLISHED ADC TEST ON BOTH ADC'S & PITOT CK ON BOTH PITOT SYS PER AMM. DRIED WATER FOUND IN CAPT'S PITOT DRAIN. BOTH SYS CHECK NORMAL SPLIT WAS AT 100 & 80 KTS, A/C OOS FOR T/S AFTER 2ND RTO. ACCOMPLISHED ADC TEST ON NR 1 & 2 ADC'S PER M/M 34 18 00 00 BOTH CKS NORMAL. T/S TO WATER & CAPT PITOT DRAIN. DRIED WATER, ACCOMPLISHED PITOT CHECK ON BOTH NR 1 & 2 PITOT SYSTEMS PER M/M 34-10-00-05. BOTH WENT UP AND DOWN TOGETHER IN AIRSPEED. ACCOMP PITOT LEAK TEST AT 310 KTS PER M/M 34 10 00 05. NO LEAKS NOTED. ACCOMP AFS LAND TEST NO FAULT.

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