Originally Posted by
EXDAC
As a retired system guy I don't think it's fair to characterize taping of static ports as a pitot-static system failure. The ports correctly passed the sensed port pressure to the air data system and the system gave the correct airspeed and altitude indications for the sensed presssures. (I'm thinking of AeroPeru)
It's certainly true that very silly basic mistakes can cause catastrophic events but let's distinguish between human error and systems failure.
Thank you for your reply, I was focusing on the
simplicity of the mistake.