Service difficulty report · Trim System · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
August 16, 2015
Submitted
August 17, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N338QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800011
Aircraft time
8,932 hours, 6,028 cycles
Part
Trim System
Condition
Uncontrollable
Location
Stabilizer
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PRIMARY STAB TRIM RUNAWAY INITIALLY UNCONTROLLABLE, ACFT PITCHED DOWN LOSING 2000 FEET UNTIL ACTUATING RED DISCONNECT BUTTON & TURNING ON SECONDARY TRIM, INDICATION WE HAD WAS ERRATIC FROM DASHED YELLOW LINES TO FULL UP & DOWN INDICATIONS. WE HAD CYAN AUTO PILOT A & B FAIL. SECONDARY TRIM OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL.