An MD80 crew rejected takeoff when the captain's airspeed indicator failed.

Attributes
ACN	511414
Time
Date	200105
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tul.airport
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	511414
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : speed flag in adi other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Takeoff aborted approaching V1 due captain's airspeed indication failure -- speed flag appearing on ADI, windshear inoperative annunciation, autothrottles disconnecting and command bars biasing from view. Failure occurred on functional check flight for compass and heading problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 CREW REJECTED TKOF WHEN THE CAPT'S AIRSPD INDICATOR FAILED.

Narrative: TKOF ABORTED APCHING V1 DUE CAPT'S AIRSPD INDICATION FAILURE -- SPD FLAG APPEARING ON ADI, WINDSHEAR INOP ANNUNCIATION, AUTOTHROTTLES DISCONNECTING AND COMMAND BARS BIASING FROM VIEW. FAILURE OCCURRED ON FUNCTIONAL CHK FLT FOR COMPASS AND HDG PROBS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.