Service difficulty report · Unknown · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
April 28, 2009
Submitted
April 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N712QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
073
Aircraft time
4,747 hours, 2,892 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AT FL390 WITH AUTOPILOT ON THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE DUTCH ROLLING. WITH AP OFF, ACFT AILERONS ARE VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. ROLLS STARTED AT 2 DEGREES AND FINALLY WAS DOING 15 DEGREES. SAT WAS -60 AND WHEN WE DESCENDED TO FL 270 THE PROBLEM WAS GREATLY REDUCED WITH TEMP SAT - 30. APPROACH AND LANDING THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY RESOLVED.