An emb-145 first officer was notified that silver colored speed tape was discovered covering the fir...

Attributes
ACN	1171071
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pitot-Static System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 4600 Flight Crew Type 4100
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Upon arrival we met with the out bound crew to hand off the aircraft. The first officer who preflighted the aircraft for his leg found some metallic tape covering the pitot static port on the right side of the aircraft. I assume I had missed this on previous preflight inspections and am not sure when or where this tape was adhered to the aircraft. I was in the same airplane for four flight segments. If it was put on the aircraft by maintenance or maliciously; I am unaware. There were no inflight abnormalities or any change to the instrumentation so we were unaware of why we did not have any other issues with the ports being covered. If it was maintenance that placed the tape there they should have used approved pitot static covers or colored tape. The aluminum colored tape is the same color of the port and very hard to see.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EMB-145 First Officer was notified that silver colored speed tape was discovered covering the First Officer static ports of an aircraft he had preflighted and flown on a series of flights after it was released that morning following overnight maintenance.

Narrative: Upon arrival we met with the out bound crew to hand off the aircraft. The First Officer who preflighted the aircraft for his leg found some metallic tape covering the pitot static port on the right side of the aircraft. I assume I had missed this on previous preflight inspections and am not sure when or where this tape was adhered to the aircraft. I was in the same airplane for four flight segments. If it was put on the aircraft by Maintenance or maliciously; I am unaware. There were no inflight abnormalities or any change to the instrumentation so we were unaware of why we did not have any other issues with the ports being covered. If it was Maintenance that placed the tape there they should have used approved pitot static covers or colored tape. The aluminum colored tape is the same color of the port and very hard to see.

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An emb-145 first officer was notified that silver colored speed tape was discovered covering the first officer static ports of an aircraft he had preflighted and flown on a series of flights after it was released that morning following overnight maintenance.