Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna T206H

Difficulty date
December 15, 2000
Submitted
January 29, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N909MA
Make and model
Cessna T206H
Aircraft serial
T20608097
Part
Servo
Part number
065001782200
Part serial
2361
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Fuselage
Part time
249 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE PILOT INITIALLY COMPLAINED THAT THE AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN CONSTANT VERTICAL SPEED. THIS ESCALLATED INTO A FULL NOSE DOWN TRIM RUNAWAY. THE PILOT RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND RECOVERED FROM DIVE. THE PITCH SERVO WAS CHANGED AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT RECUR.

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