Service difficulty report · Relay · Pilats PC1247E

Difficulty date
February 29, 2016
Submitted
March 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829SA
Make and model
Pilats PC1247E
Aircraft serial
1533
Aircraft time
1,334 hours, 1,142 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Part
Relay
Part number
065001950100
Part serial
KTA28102024
Condition
Abnormal
Location
Zone 100
Part time
1,334 hours, 1,142 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ON THE FLIGHT, HAND FLYING IN CRUISE, ABOUT 9000. WHEN THE YAW TRIM RAN AWAY. ABLE TO INTERRUPT IT AND THEN RETRIM THE ACFT. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO INTERRUPT IT AND THEN RETRIM IT. AT THIS POINT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SINCE THE ACFT WAS STABLE AND MOSTLY IN TRIM WE ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION AS WE WERE ALREADY ON THE LOCALIZER.