SDR 2013F00064

Service difficulty report · Flt Controls · Amd FALCON2000EX

Difficulty date
February 18, 2013
Submitted
February 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N510CT
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000EX
Aircraft serial
53
Aircraft time
2,772 hours, 1,497 cycles
Part
Flt Controls
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

ENROUTE, IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT FL400. SAW A WHITE CAS MESSAGE STATING THAT THE AUTOPILOT HAD FAILED. ENSURED SYS HAD SWITCHED TO THE OTHER AUTOPILOT. WHITE CAS MESSAGE WENT AWAY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES, WHITE CAS MESSAGE REPEATED ITSELF AND THEN RECEIVED AN AMBER CAS MESSAGE ROLL MISTRIM. AFTER SEVERAL MORE MINUTES, THIS SAME THING HAPPENED IN THE SAME SEQUENCE. DECIDED TO DESCEND. DURING THE DESCENT, HAND FLEW THE AIRPLANE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF HAND FLYING, CONTROLS WOULD NOT LET ACFT ROLL LEFT. CONTROLS RETURNED TO NORMAL. SEVERAL MORE MINUTES PASSED AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF ANY FAILURES AT THIS TIME (NO CAS MESSAGES). DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERT.