DISCOVERED FO'S AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE AT V1. FLT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.
Synopsis
DISCOVERED FO'S AIRSPEED UNRELIABLE AT V1. FLT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.
Narrative
TKOF ACCELERATION CORRESPONDINGLY RAPID. RWY 28 USED. TKOF ROLL NORMAL AND ALL 3 AIRSPD INDICATORS CHKED AT 100 KIAS. AT V1 ON CAPT'S SIDE (CAPT'S TKOF) THE F/O'S INDICATOR READ APPROX 10 KTS LOW. STANDBY AIRSPD INDICATOR CHKED AND GND SPD INDICATOR CHKED. DUE TO RAPID ACCELERATION; TKOF CONTINUED USING ALL CAPT'S INFO. BY THIS TIME IT WAS OBVIOUS THE F/O'S AIRSPD INDICATOR WAS UNRELIABLE (FLUCTUATING AIRSPD; SLOW BUILD UP; INTERMITTENT FLAGS; ETC). AT APPROX 1000' F/O'S STATIC SELECTOR SWITCHED TO ALTERNATE. NO CHANGE AND RETURNED TO NORMAL. NO CHANGES. VHF/NAV SWITCHES ALL SELECTED TO BOTH LEFT; NO CHANGE; THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL; NO CHANGE. AT 3000' I QUERIED ATC AND THEIR GND SPD READOUT AGREED WITH THE INFO ON MY (CAPT'S) SIDE. I RECHKED ENRTE AND TERMINAL WX RPTS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE ENRTE AND TERMINAL WX PRESENTED NO OBSTACLE TO SUCCESSFUL FLT. THE CAPT'S STANDBY STATIC SOURCE-CHKED OK. CB TESTS INDICATED THAT THE #2 CADC APPEARED TO BE THE CULPRIT. I DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE FLT. PERIODIC CHKS WITH ATC CONFIRMED THAT THE CAPT'S AIRSPD INDICATORS WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE FLT TO JAN WAS ROUTINE AND UNEVENTFUL.
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