What was found
AFTER SWITCHING OFF AUTOPILOT FOR DESCENT TO LAND, RUDDER BECAME STIFF. AFTER LANDING, IT BECAME NORMAL AGAIN. PILOT SUSPECTED ICE. INVESTIGATION TO THIS FOUND YAW SERVO MOTOR BURNED UP TO THE POINT THAT PAINT WAS COMING OFF CASE.
- Difficulty date
- April 10, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N196MA
- Make and model
- Mtsbsi MU2B60
- Aircraft serial
- 764SA
- System (JASC)
- 2215 · Autopilot Main Servo
- Part
- Servo
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Autopilot Yaw
- Part time
- 2,700 hours
- Component
- Bendix
- Stage of operation
- DE
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.