Boeing 787 Unreliable Airspeed -

Made Simple
Gatwick ATO April 2015
Contents

• Brief Revision/ Explanation of Pitot / Static System

• Pitot System Problems

• Static System Problems

• Pitot/ Static System Disagrees with AoA System

 Conventional Aircraft Pitot / Static System

P1 S1 P3 S3 P2 S2

Left Stby Right

Altimeter Altimeter Altimeter

Left Stby Right

VSI VSI VSI

Left ASI Stby ASI Right ASI

 Conventional Aircraft Pitot / Static System

P1 S1 P3 S3 P2 S2

Left Stby Right

Altimeter Altimeter Altimeter

Left Stby Right

VSI VSI VSI

Left ASI Stby ASI Right ASI

 Conventional Aircraft Pitot / Static System

P1 S1 P3 S3 P2 S2

Left Stby Right

Altimeter Altimeter Altimeter

Left Stby Right

VSI VSI VSI

Left ASI Stby ASI Right ASI

B787 Has a Different System

Excerpt from FCOM

SCB(4) Rev 7
March 16, 2015
[ ] NAV AIRSPEED DATA
 Back up source for airspeed is
being used instead of Air Data
 No memory items as AoA
SPEED is automatically
selected

 Note;
 A/P inop
 A/T inop
 F/D inop
 Envelope Protection Functions
inop
[ ] NAV AIRSPEED DATA (Video clip)
 [ ] NAV AIRSPEED DATA (Still)

Autopilot and Flight Director Disconnect Automatically

As Flight Controls are now in secondary mode
NAV AIRSPEED DATA ADVISORY

Notice AOA SPD caption on PFD

and HUD
[ ] NAV AIR DATA SYS
 The three Air Data Sources Disagree
 No memory items as AoA Speed and
GPS ALT Automatically selected

 Note;
 A/P inop
 A/T inop
 F/D inop
 Envelope Protection Functions inop
[ ] NAV AIR DATA SYS (Video Clip)
 [ ] NAV AIR DATA SYSTEM (Still)

NAV AIR DATA SYS

Advisory

Note AOA SPD and GPS ALT

 [ ] AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE

 In this condition the Pitot / Static voted output conflicts with the AoA
speed but the system is unable to identify where the error lies.
 Memory Items;
 Autopilot disconnect switch ………………Push
 A/T ARM switches (both)……………………OFF
 F/D switches (both)…………………………..OFF
 Set the following gear up pitch attitude and thrust:
Flaps extended……..10° and 85% N1
Flaps up…………………………4° and 70% N1
[ ] AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE (Video Clip)
 [ ] AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE (Still)

AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE
Advisory

No Automatic Reversion to AOA SPD or AOA SPD and

GPS ALT
 Summary
 In normal operations (With the AIR DATA/ATT selectors in AUTO,) the left and right ASI and
Altitude indications are the same as they are a voted output from the ADRS

 In the event that the PITOT inputs disagree the system will recognise that the ADRS
airspeed is not accurate and will switch to AOA SPD and trigger the NAV AIRSPEED DATA
EICAS advisory

 In the event that the STATIC inputs disagree the system will recognise that the ADRS
airspeed and altitude are not accurate and will switch to AOA SPD and GPS ALT and
trigger the NAV AIR DATA SYS EICAS advisory

 In the event that the ADRS airspeed and AOA airspeed disagree with no identification of
where the error lies, no automatic switch over will take place and the AIRSPEED
UNRELIABLE EICAS advisory will be triggered.
The memory items must be executed.