Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 7, 2011
Submitted
July 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N510JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1280
Aircraft time
43,317 hours, 16,368 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
0861ED
Part serial
260
Condition
Faulty
Location
Airspeed
Part time
43,323 hours, 16,370 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 18 FLL-JFK, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO PBI DUE TO CAPTAIN AIRSPEED INDICATOR ERRONEOUS INFLIGHT OCCURED IN ICING CONDITIONS IN CLOUDS WITH STATIC PRESENT. SYSTEM RETURNED TO NORMAL AT +2 SAT UNABLE TO DETERMINE ADR FAULT DUE TO INTERMITTENT BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS +1 TAT , -20 SAT, 300KTS, 25000FT. T/S PER TSM 34-13-00-810-998A FOUND A FAULTY CAPTAIN AOA AND WITH DAMAGE AROUND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SENSOR VANE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN AOA PER AMM 34-11-19 OPS CHECK OK. AS PRECATIONARY AND DUE TO HISTORY T/S. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN PROBE PER AMM 34-11-15 AND ADM NR 1 PER AMM 34-11-17. BOTH SYS OPS CHECK OK.

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