# Incident 20011218036069I: Mtsbsi MU2B40, St Paul, MN, December 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2001, 08:18 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9052Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B40
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 752 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011218036069I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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