Service difficulty report · Processor · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
December 3, 2024
Submitted
December 5, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N368QS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800073
Aircraft time
15,996 hours, 10,693 cycles
Part
Processor
Part number
70284321901
Part serial
05092166
Condition
Defective
Location
Autopilot
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMB OUT THE AUTO PILOT A AND B FAILED, WE RECEIVED A CYAN CASS MESSAGE. NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRIMMED TO THE LEFT ON AILERON. WHEN TRYING TO TRIM TO THE RIGHT THE LEFT AILERON TRIM WOULDN¿T MOVE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT RECENTERED. ONCE AILERON TRIM WAS RECENTERED AUTO PILOT WAS RETRIED AND LATCHED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS THEN AUTOPILOT A FAIL CYAN CASS ON FOR A SECOND. AUTO PILOT A FAIL WENT AWAY THEN AUTOPILOT B FAIL CYAN CASS CAME ON FOR A SECOND. IT DID THIS TWICE. THEN AUTO PILOT A AND B FAILED AND DISCONNECTED. CORRECTIVE ACTION; HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. VERFIED AILERON TRIM MOVES FREELY ON COMMAND. INSPECTED THE AILERON AUTOPILOT SERVO WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. VERIFIED CORRECT CABLE TENSION ON THE AILERON SERVO. INSPECTED THE CONNECTOR ON THE AILERON SERVO, NO DEFECTS NOTED. INITIALLY WHEN PERFORMING THE AILERON SERVO "LOADED" TEST, RECEIVED SEVERAL FAILURES ON LANE "B". AFTER CYCLING THE SYSTEM AND ALLOWING TO WARM UP WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURE ON LANE "B". INTERROGATED THE CMC AND FOUND EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF FAUL TS RELATED TO ACTUATOR 1/0 PROCESSOR 2B GOING BACK THROUGH THE HISTORY WITH THE MOST RECENT ON 12/2/24. THIS WOULD ALSO CORRESPOND TO THE NOTED LANE "B" FAILURE DURING LOADED TEST. REMOVED AND REPLACED AIOP2B REF. CE680 AMM 34-17-00. LOADED SOFTWARE AND COMPLETED OPERATIONAL CHECK REF. CE680 AMM 34-23-10, OPS CHECK GOOD.