# Incident 20020829024199I: Cessna 560XL, August 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2002, 12:25 local time
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N561GR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020829024199I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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