Service difficulty report · Flt Controls · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 31, 2011
Submitted
January 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175QS
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK574
Aircraft time
1,191 hours, 1,119 cycles
Part
Flt Controls
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
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

INVESTIGATED IN-FLIGHT "AP PITCH TRIM FAIL" ANNUNCIATOR INDICATION. VERIFIED AUTOPILOT NOSE UP PITCH TRIM FUNCTION INOPERATIVE. SWAPPED NR 1 AND NR 2 FCC-4007 CARDS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, NO FAULTS INDICATED. AUTOPILOT NOSE-UP TRIM CONTROLLED BY NR 2 FCC-4007 CARD. IAW MX CONTROL, ACFT HAD PRIOR OCCURENCE OF LOSS OF AUTOPILOT NOSE-UP PITCH TRIM CONTROL. SUBJECTED SUSPECTED NR 2 FCC-4007 COMPUTER TO ENVIRONMENTAL COLD CHAMBER CONDITIONS, NO FAULTS INDICATED. REPLACED NR 2 FCC-4007 COMPUTER WITH AN O/H FCC-4007 COMPUTER, NO FAULTS INDICATED, AUTOPILOT PITCH TRIM FUNCTIONS NORMAL. RECOMMEND FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTER MFR INVESTIGATE SUSPECTED FCC-4007 COMPUTER AT INCOMING INSPECTION TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF FAILURE INDICATIONS.

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