Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
November 11, 2022
Submitted
December 30, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N835CB
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0284
Aircraft time
4,058 hours, 2,454 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Flight Controls
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEPARTING ASPEN, EVERYTHING NORMAL DURING INITIAL CLIMB. CAPTURED FLIGHT LEVEL 230 WITH AUTOPILOT ENGAGED, AS THE PLANE ACCELERATED, THE FORWARDED TRIM REACHED ITS LIMIT AND THE AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED AND PLANE BEGAN TO CLIMB. PILOT TOOK MANUAL CONTROL TO RETURN TO ALTITUDE. IT TOOK CONSIDERABLE FORWARD PRESSURE ON YOKE TO KEEP PLANE FROM CLIMBING. PILOT REDUCED THE SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 180 KNOTS TO REDUCE LIFT OF WINGS TO HAVE BETTER PITCH CONTROL. PILOT DECIDE TO DIVERT TO SALT LAKE CITY AND LANDED WITH ZERO FLAPS, THE LANDING WAS SOFT AND UNEVENTFUL.

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