What was found
VACUUM PUMP FAILURE INFLIGHT, FIRST NOTICED ATTITUDE CHANGE (STARTED DECENDING RAPIDLY) (AUTOPILOT ENGAGED).
- Difficulty date
- May 21, 2006
- Submitted
- May 22, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N11BX
- Make and model
- Beech F33A
- Aircraft serial
- CE388
- Aircraft time
- 6,690 hours
- Engine
- Cont IO520B
- System (JASC)
- 3710 · Vacuum Distribution System
- Part
- Pump
- Part number
- 1U478003
- Part serial
- T409
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 219 hours
- Component
- Engine · Cont
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- I, G
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.