Service difficulty report · Servo · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
October 17, 2013
Submitted
October 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500143
Aircraft time
269 hours, 216 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
0110087820
Part serial
1A1008220
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Autopilot
Part time
269 hours, 216 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT 40,000 FEET, AUTOPILOT FAIL, YAW DAMPER FAIL AND VENTRAL RUDDER FAIL CAS MESSAGES ALL DISPLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. ACFT IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DUTCH ROLL, A EMERGENCY DECENT WAS STARTED AND AT THIS TIME THE DUTCH ROLL WAS EXCEEDING 30 DEGREES TO BOTH SIDES, IT APPEARED TO STAY THIS WAY UNTIL THE ACFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000 FT, ABLE TO REGAIN THE YAW DAMPER, KEPT DECENT GOING TO 10,000, AND LEVELED OFF. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. REPLACED AND CONFIGURED ROLL SERVO REFERENCING TASKS AMM 22-11-02-000-801A, 22-11-02-400-801A AND 22-11-02-470-801A . OPS TESTED SATISFACTORY. REPLACED AND CONFIGURED VENTRAL RUDDER SERVO REFERENCING TASKS AMM 22-11-11-000-801A, 22-11-11-400-801A AND 22-11-11-470-801A. OPS TESTED SATISFACTORY.

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