Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech 58

Difficulty date
January 14, 2009
Submitted
May 19, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N628SF
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH2088
Aircraft time
538 hours, 538 cycles
Engine
Cont IO550*
Part
Bearing
Condition
Damaged
Location
Autopilot Sys
Component
Flight Command · KI256
Component part number
060001701
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED PITCH OSCILLATIONS WITH AUTOPILOT ENGAGED. AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED MANUALLY, AND ACFT WAS HAND FLOWN TO DESTINATION. AUTOPILOT COMPUTER, PITCH SERVO, AND FLIGHT COMMAND INDICATOR REMOVED AND SENT OUT FOR BENCH TEST. FLIGHT COMMAND INDICATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE ALL GIMBAL BEARINGS DAMAGED. UNIT OVERHAULED ON REPAIR ORDER NR 94895. REINSTALLED IN ACFT. PILOT REPORTS APPROX 200 HOURS AND 175 CYCLES SINCE LAST REPAIR OF THIS COMPONENT. PITCH SERVO LISTED UNDER SEPARATE SDR. AUTOPILOT COMPUTER WAS TESTED WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.

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