Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech 400BEECH

Difficulty date
April 2, 2023
Submitted
April 5, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457CP
Make and model
Beech 400BEECH
Aircraft serial
RK557
Aircraft time
2,963 hours, 2,025 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, O
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB APPROX. FL320 CREW EXPERIENCED A TRIM RUNAWAY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE TRIM TAB. UPON DISCONNECTION OF AUTOPILOT, TRIM RUNAWAY STOPPED, AND MANUALLY TRIMMED AS NEEDED. CHECKLIST FOLLOWED, EMERGENCY DECLARED, AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING PERFORMED. MAINTENANCE EVALUATION COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, INSPECTION OF ROLL TRIM SYSTEM ACTUATORS, TRAVEL, ELECTRICAL WIRING / CONNECTIONS, AND MULTIPLE OPERATION CHECKS OF ROLL TRIM SYSTEM WERE NORMAL. PRECAUTIONARY SWAP OF #1 AND #2 FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTER CARDS PER OEM RECOMMENDATION, ALL TESTS AND INDICATIONS NORMAL. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT PERFORMED WITH NO ISSUES.