Service difficulty report · Relay · Pilats PC1247E

Difficulty date
October 11, 2016
Submitted
October 12, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N824SA
Make and model
Pilats PC1247E
Aircraft serial
1523
Aircraft time
3,130 hours, 2,760 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
9742001221
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
1,022 hours, 907 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT HAD A PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED AND GEAR ALREADY DOWN. SELECTED THE TRIM INTERRUPT SWITCH WITHIN TWO SECONDS. THIS EXTINGUISHED THE RED PITCH TRIM CAS. EVALUATED THE PITCH TRIM FORCES AND DEEMED THE TRIM RUNAWAY HAD STOPPED. AFTER EVALUATING THE CONTROL FORCES, DECIDED THE CONTROL PRESSURE WAS MANAGEABLE TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH IN OUR CURRENT TRIM CONFIGURATION. DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE. THE FLAPS SET 15 DEGREES THEN TAXIED AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE.