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Attributes | |
ACN | 680140 |
Time | |
Date | 200512 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc tower : iad.tower |
Operator | general aviation : corporate |
Make Model Name | Falcon 2000 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : corporate |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 250 |
ASRS Report | 680140 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : corporate |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
After takeoff from runway 1; multiple irregularities showed up and continued to show up as we departed the area and were climbing to altitude. I had no airspeed indications on the pilot's side except in reversion; air data computer #1 seemed to have failed. The yaw damper light continued to come on after reset; aileron feel annunciator light was on steady; aileron zero annunciator light was cycling on and off. After trying to assess our problem and thinking we had taken in water in a critical area; during the process of thawing out the aircraft from a previous day's 3 inch snow fall; I elected to return to ZZZ. ATC advised that due to the problems we were encountering and the heavy traffic area; they were going to issue an emergency for us to expedite our arrival back to ZZZ; we returned and landed normally. Postflt found our pilot side pitot tube still had the pitot cover installed. Aircraft was re-dispatched and continued to EST. As embarrassing as this is and it is no excuse and none is intended; our pitot covers were missing the red remove before flight flags and consequently these covers; made of metal; just slightly larger than the pitot tube itself and as we now know; are easily overlooked.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: F2TH FLT CREW TAKES OFF WITH L PITOT COVER INSTALLED. MULTIPLE RESULTING ANOMALIES RESULT IN RETURN TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM RWY 1; MULTIPLE IRREGULARITIES SHOWED UP AND CONTINUED TO SHOW UP AS WE DEPARTED THE AREA AND WERE CLBING TO ALT. I HAD NO AIRSPD INDICATIONS ON THE PLT'S SIDE EXCEPT IN REVERSION; ADC #1 SEEMED TO HAVE FAILED. THE YAW DAMPER LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON AFTER RESET; AILERON FEEL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WAS ON STEADY; AILERON ZERO ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WAS CYCLING ON AND OFF. AFTER TRYING TO ASSESS OUR PROB AND THINKING WE HAD TAKEN IN WATER IN A CRITICAL AREA; DURING THE PROCESS OF THAWING OUT THE ACFT FROM A PREVIOUS DAY'S 3 INCH SNOW FALL; I ELECTED TO RETURN TO ZZZ. ATC ADVISED THAT DUE TO THE PROBS WE WERE ENCOUNTERING AND THE HVY TFC AREA; THEY WERE GOING TO ISSUE AN EMER FOR US TO EXPEDITE OUR ARR BACK TO ZZZ; WE RETURNED AND LANDED NORMALLY. POSTFLT FOUND OUR PLT SIDE PITOT TUBE STILL HAD THE PITOT COVER INSTALLED. ACFT WAS RE-DISPATCHED AND CONTINUED TO EST. AS EMBARRASSING AS THIS IS AND IT IS NO EXCUSE AND NONE IS INTENDED; OUR PITOT COVERS WERE MISSING THE RED REMOVE BEFORE FLT FLAGS AND CONSEQUENTLY THESE COVERS; MADE OF METAL; JUST SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE PITOT TUBE ITSELF AND AS WE NOW KNOW; ARE EASILY OVERLOOKED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.