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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · August 29, 2002

Date
August 29, 2002 · 12:25 local
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N561GR
Reported as
Cessna 560XL

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) The pilot stated that the aircraft's autopilot disengaged itself. The aircraft entered into a 25 degree right bank and started a rapid descent. Due to the high altitude, FL410, the pilot did not make abrupt control inputs to recover aircraft to normal flight flight attitude. Once recovery was made the aircraft was climbed back to altitude. During the climb back to alitude is when the loss of separation occured (1 mile at 1500"). This form is being used as abq ARTCC did not classify this as a pilot deviation due to the fact that the autopilot failed. This aircraft has a history of autopilot disconnect occurences.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED ITSELF. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO A 25 DEGREE RIGHT BANK AND STARTED A RAPID DESCENT. DUE TO THE HIGH ALTITUDE, FL410, THE PILOT DID NOT MAKE ABRUPT CONTROL INPUTS TO RECOVER AIRCRAFT TO NORMAL FLIGHT FLIGHT ATTITUDE. ONCE RECOVERY WAS MADE THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBED BACK TO ALTITUDE. DURING THE CLIMB BACK TO ALITUDE IS WHEN THE LOSS OF SEPARATION OCCURED (1 MILE AT 1500"). THIS FORM IS BEING USED AS ABQ ARTCC DID NOT CLASSIFY THIS AS A PILOT DEVIATION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AUTOPILOT FAILED. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A HISTORY OF AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT OCCURENCES.