Service difficulty report · Indicator · Mooney M20E

Difficulty date
May 24, 2020
Submitted
May 28, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N93GG
Make and model
Mooney M20E
Aircraft serial
385
Part
Indicator
Part number
KI300
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
I
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

HAVE HAD THE KI300 ATTITUDE INDICATOR REPLACED TWICE DUE TO BUILDING UP ERRONEOUS ERRORS AND BECOMING UNSAFE IN FLIGHT. IT WARMS UP AND ALIGNS CORRECT, JUST LIKE MY OTHER, BUT AFTER ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10-30 MINS OF FLIGHT IT BECOMES UTTERLY INACCURATE CAUSING A SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE AS MY BACKUP ATTITUDE INDICATOR. SOME FLIGHTS, WITH VERY LIGHT ATTITUDE CHANGES, THE DEVICE'S ERROR IS TOLERABLE, BUT IF I DO PATTERN WORK OR ANY TURNS GREATER THAN 10 DEGREES THE ERROR IT BUILDS UP IS DANGEROUS. WHILE BEING ACTUALLY WINGS LEVEL, A 30 DEGREE BANK AND 10-15 DEGREES NOSE UP OR DOWN ATTITUDE INDICATIONS HAVE BEEN SHOWN ON THE KI300. SUPPORT HAS BEEN GREAT WITH PAYING FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND R&R, BUT THE PRODUCT IS STILL NOT WORKING AS IT SHOULD AND I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT IF MY OTHER FAILED IN IMC THE KI300 WOULD END UP KILLING ME.

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