# Incident 20250803010789I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C11, Traverse City, MI, August 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2025, 18:11 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: N6WA
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506GJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506GJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2C11 (registry code 1390021, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5B1 (registry code 30052, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C11
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,933 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250803010789I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 3, 2025, THE CAPTAIN EXPERIENCED THE AUTO PILOT NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE ALTITUDE AFTER TAKE-OFF. THE CAPTAIN DISCONNECTED THE AUTO PILOT AND MAINTAINED THE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. ONCE RECEIVING CLEARANCE FROM ATC TO GO HIGHER, THE CAPTAIN TURNED THE AUTO PILOT BACK ON AND LEVELED OUT AT THE SELECTED ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO HOLD THE SELECTED ALTITUDE AS IT OSCILLATED BETWEEN 1000 FT IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CAPTAIN DISCONNECTED THE AUTO PILOT AND COMPLETED THE FLIGHT WITH THE AUTO PILOT OFF. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE CAPTAIN WAS UNABLE TO PULL BACK ON THE YOKE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE OFF THE NOSE GEAR FOR A SOFT TOUCHDOWN. THE CAPTAIN DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. DURING TAXI, THE CAPTAIN WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL BACK ON THE YOKE MORE THAN AN INCH. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND AN ELEVATOR AUTO PILOT SERVO CABLE BROKEN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE ELEVATOR AUTO PILOT CABLE CIRCUIT AND DEFERRED THE AUTO PILOT SYSTEM FOR THREE (3) DAYS. THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER RECEIVED A REFERENCE INSTRUCTION LETTER (RIL), FROM THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO OPERATE IN REVENUE SERVICE WITH THE CABLES REMOVED AND DEFERRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED INTO REVENUE SERVICE. PRIOR TO THE DROP-DEAD DATE OF THE DEFERRAL, MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ELEVATOR AUTO PILOT CABLE CIRCUIT, WHICH INCLUDES THREE (3) CABLES, THE SERVO AND SERVO MOUNT. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECKS AND AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED INTO REVENUE SERVICE.

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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