Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 29, 2011
Submitted
November 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N274SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145344
Aircraft time
26,820 hours, 22,631 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
16,978 hours, 15,396 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3621001013
Part serial
4310
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Horiz Stab
Part time
22,099 hours, 18,977 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT RECEIVED AN AUTOPILOT FAIL MESSAGE. WHILE REFERENCING THE QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK, CREW THEN RECEIVED PITCH TRIM MAIN AND PITCH TRIM BACK-UP INOP MESSAGES ON THE EICAS. THE CREW REGAINED USE OF THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM. THE CREW ALSO REPORTED A FLUTTER DURING PITCH CHANGES, RECEIVED A SPS ADVANCED MESSAGE, GPWS FAIL, AND AN INDICATION AIRSPEED MISCOMPARE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED VECTORS STRAIGHT TO KCHS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONTROL UNIT AND PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE GPWS, AIRSPEED INDICATOR, AUTOPILOT SYSTEM, AND THE STALL PROTECTION SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT AND NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.

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