20011218036069I

Incident

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU2B40 · St Paul, MN · December 18, 2001

Date: December 18, 2001 · 08:18 local
Place: St Paul, MN
Airport: Lake Elmo Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9052Y
Reported as: Mtsbsi MU2B40
Reported engine: Garrett TPE331*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,600 total752 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After departure rwy 32 kstp heading 094 autopilot engaged 2500 AGL aircraft started to go into a right descending turn. Mr. Poziwilko tried to disconnect autopilot using pilots yoke disconnect switch. Autopilot would not disengage. Mr. Poziwilko had to manually over power the undesirable inputs of the autopilot by use of the yoke and by using throttle manipulation for directional control, Mr. Poziwilko had an uneventful landing on rwy 04 at Lake Elmo Airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE RWY 32 KSTP HEADING 094 AUTOPILOT ENGAGED 2500 AGL AIRCRAFT STARTED TO GO INTO A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN. MR. POZIWILKO TRIED TO DISCONNECT AUTOPILOT USING PILOTS YOKE DISCONNECT SWITCH. AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. MR. POZIWILKO HAD TO MANUALLY OVER POWER THE UNDESIRABLE INPUTS OF THE AUTOPILOT BY USE OF THE YOKE AND BY USING THROTTLE MANIPULATION FOR DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, MR. POZIWILKO HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RWY 04 AT LAKE ELMO AIRPORT.