Service difficulty report · Switch · Emb EMB545

Difficulty date
February 2, 2025
Submitted
February 4, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N326FX
Make and model
Emb EMB545
Aircraft serial
55010143
Aircraft time
488 hours, 284 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DIVERTED DUE TO MULTIPLE FLIGHT CONTROL FAULTS FOLLOWING TAKEOFF. AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, THE CREW RECEIVED FLTCTRL NO DISPATCH FOLLOWED BY FLTCTRL N-MODE FAIL, GROUND SPOILER FAIL, AND SPDBRK FAIL CAS MESSAGES, INDICATING INDIRECT MODE OPERATION. THE CREW LEVELED OFF AT 2,000’, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THEN CLIMBED TO 5,000’ AND PERFORMED THE QRH FOR FLIGHT CONTROL MISBEHAVIOR. SELECTING THE FLIGHT CONTROL NORMAL MODE BUTTON RESTORED NORMAL MODE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN KSTL. MAINTENANCE RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR FCC #1 AND # 2 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL OPERATIONS AND INDICATIONS NORMAL IAW EMB 550 FIM 27-03-00-810-801-A AND 27-03-00-810-802-A.

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