Maintenance technician reports being assigned to an aircraft with an elevator feel EICAS message in ...

Narrative:

Inbound flight pilot write-up for elevator feel EICAS message in flight. My partner said he saw something on a pitot tube on right side of aircraft. Kind of put two and two together and figured cover was accidentally left on tube causing a pitot difference for the elevator feel system. Followed B757 trouble shooting guide and inspected tube. Tube was totally clear with no damage. After following manual instructions and test; signed off item and aircraft left without delay. I would think the amt (aircraft maintenance technician) pulled the cover off by the string attached to it and it might have torn off making him think the cover came off. Stop installing covers on pitot tube if the aircraft are going to take another flight the same day. Cover should be installed on a long layover. Spent 10 years at another airline and I can't remember them putting covers on pitot tube for a overnight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance Technician reports being assigned to an aircraft with an elevator feel EICAS message in flight. Reporter suspects that a pitot cover was left on the right pitot tube and mostly disintegrated in flight.

Narrative: Inbound flight pilot write-up for elevator feel EICAS message in flight. My Partner said he saw something on a pitot tube on right side of aircraft. Kind of put two and two together and figured cover was accidentally left on tube causing a pitot difference for the elevator feel system. Followed B757 trouble shooting guide and inspected tube. Tube was totally clear with no damage. After following manual instructions and test; signed off item and aircraft left without delay. I would think the AMT (Aircraft Maintenance Technician) pulled the cover off by the string attached to it and it might have torn off making him think the cover came off. Stop installing covers on pitot tube if the aircraft are going to take another flight the same day. Cover should be installed on a long layover. Spent 10 years at another airline and I can't remember them putting covers on pitot tube for a overnight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1078303
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Pitot-Static System
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Maintenance technician reports being assigned to an aircraft with an elevator feel EICAS message in flight. Reporter suspects that a pitot cover was left on the right pitot tube and mostly disintegrated in flight.