What was found
AUTOPILOT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED THAT HAD A YAW DAMPENER AS AN OPTION. UPON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT THE YAW DAMPENER CAME ONLINE, UNCOMMANDED, CAUSING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
- Difficulty date
- May 27, 2013
- Submitted
- June 5, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N320KT
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC3
- Aircraft serial
- 73
- Aircraft time
- 24,080 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A34
- Engine time
- 120 hours, 79 cycles
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCB3TN3
- System (JASC)
- 2210 · Autopilot System
- Part
- Yaw Damper
- Part number
- 1C753213
- Part serial
- 1183B
- Condition
- Activated
- Location
- Autopilot Sys
- Part time
- 45 hours
- Component
- Autopilot · Century · 2000
- Component part number
- 1D9372130J163M38
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.