What was found
UNCOMMANDED PITCH CHANGE, AUTO-PILOT OFF, FELT LIKE CONTROL SURFACE WERE MOVING WITHOUT CREW INPUT. REPLACED LEFT HAND FORWARD SPRING CARTRIDGE PUSH ROD.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2003
- Submitted
- April 2, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N809ME
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 48071
- Aircraft time
- 41,868 hours, 41,576 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2730 · Elevator Control System
- Part
- Pushrod
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- G
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.