Service difficulty report · Pitch Control · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
July 24, 2026
Submitted
July 27, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N907QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0321
Aircraft time
4,345 hours, 2,899 cycles
Part
Pitch Control
Condition
Faulted
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON ROTATION & CLIMB OUT, PRIMARY PITCH TRIM FAILED. SWITCHED TO SECONDARY WHICH ALSO FAILED. RAN QRH. TECHS REVIEWED TEAM 680'S ARES ANALYSIS, WHICH DETERMINED THE PRI STAB TRIM FAIL EVENT WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY SIMULTANEOUS PITCH TRIM INPUTS FROM BOTH PILOT & COPILOT, RESUITING IN AUTOPILOT CONTROL UNIT ENTERING AN INVALID STATE. IAW TEAM 680'S RECOMMENDATION, TECHS RESET THE ACU WITH ACFT POWER ON & PERFORMED A FULL-TRAVEL OPS CHK OF PITCH TRIM SYS. PRIMARY & SECONDARY PITCH TRIM SYS OPS NORMAL THROUGHOUT FULL RANGE OF TRAVEL WITH NO FAULTS OR ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTED. NO TRIM FAIL CAS MESSAGES REOCCURRED DURING OPS TESTING. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW AMM 27-00-00 FLT CONTROL TROUBLESHOOTING & WDM 27-40-01-02.

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