<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1571707, August 2018

B737 flight crew lost airspeed; altitude; and engine readouts. Landed safely using standby instruments.

Attributes
ACN	1571707
Time
Date	201808
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pitot-Static System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 8722
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

During descent; both captains and first officer (first officer) airspeed and altitude systems failed with several engine indicators; N1 e.g.; indicating false readings. [Advised ATC]. Standby airspeed and altimeter and known engine power settings; along with assistance from ATC radar control for verbal ground speed readouts were used for approach and landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew lost airspeed; altitude; and engine readouts. Landed safely using standby instruments.

Narrative: During descent; both Captains and FO (First Officer) airspeed and altitude systems failed with several engine indicators; N1 e.g.; indicating false readings. [Advised ATC]. Standby airspeed and altimeter and known engine power settings; along with assistance from ATC Radar control for verbal ground speed readouts were used for approach and landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.