What was found
NOSE DOWN AUTO TRIM INOP WAS REPORTED BY PILOT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE AUTOPILOT COMPUTER WAS NOT RECEIVING INPUT CALLING FOR NOSE DOWN TRIM FROM THIS PITCH SERVO.
- Difficulty date
- December 7, 2006
- Submitted
- December 8, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N576GA
- Make and model
- Gippld GA8
- Aircraft serial
- 05076
- Engine
- Lyc IO540K1A5
- System (JASC)
- 2200 · Auto Flight System
- Part
- Servo
- Part number
- 065001782400
- Part serial
- 3585
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Autopilot
- Part time
- 1 hours
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- C
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.