Service difficulty report · Static Line · Boeing 7472U3B

Difficulty date
May 25, 2006
Submitted
May 30, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922FT
Make and model
Boeing 7472U3B
Aircraft serial
22768
Aircraft time
78,680 hours, 19,236 cycles
Part
Static Line
Condition
Broken
Location
Pitot/Static Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RUDDER RATIO LIGHT CAME ON IN CLIMB, .84M SPEED 300K ALT 32,000. STAYED -ON- CRUISE 39,000 AT 261K, UPPER RUDDER 2 DEGREES LEFT, LOWER RUDDER 0 DEGREES, LIGHT WENT OUT AT 24,000 AT 300K. RETURNED TO MIA AND MADE A SAFE LANDING. RIGGED UPPER AND LOWER RUDDER PER MM 27-21-16 PG 501. FLUSHED PITOT STATIC PROBE LINES FROM PROBES TO CONTROLLER PER MM 34-11-00 PAGE 301. FOUND AND REPAIRED BROKEN STATIC LINE AT STA 800 LEFT PER MM 27-21-00 PAGE 118 - 121 AND WBM 27-21-00. FOR PRECAUTION, REPLACED LOWER RIGHT AND LOWER LEFT PITOT PROBES PER MM 34-22-02 PAGE 401. ACCOMPLISHED RVSM PER B747-34-005B, OPS CHECKED NORMAL, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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