Service difficulty report · Warning System · Aerosp ATR42320

Difficulty date
December 22, 2011
Submitted
December 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42320
Aircraft serial
262
Aircraft time
26,526 hours, 34,291 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
Multiple Ind
Stage of operation
DE
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

DURING DESCENT, ACFT EXPERIENCED A MC LIGHT AND SINGLE CHIME, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT WARNING. FLT CONTROL CAUTION WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE CAP, AND A LOCAL PITCH TRIM ASYM LIGHT WAS NOTED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE MC AND LOCAL ALERTS FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES, GIVING AN AURAL SC ALERT EACH TIME, BEFORE FINALLY ILLUMINATING FOR GOOD. NOTIFIED ATC THAT ACFT HAD A COMPLETE PITCH TRIM FAILURE, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AN UNEVENFUL, VISUAL APROACH (BACKED UP WITH ILS COUPLED FD) AND LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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