Service difficulty report · Relay · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
April 9, 2009
Submitted
May 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N317NA
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
223
Aircraft time
9,232 hours, 18,364 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
9742001212
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

UPON APPROACH TO LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN PITCHING UP WITH TRIM RUNAWAY CONDITION. AT THE SAME MOMENT THE TRIM BEGAN THE RUNAWAY CONDITION AN ELECTRONIC BUZZING NOISE WAS HEARD THROUGH THE PILOT'S HEADSET AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE STAB TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED TO DEACTIVATE THE STAB TRIM. ACFT WAS RE-TRIMMED USING THE ALT STAB TRIM AND THE MISSION WAS ABORTED AND ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MX TROUBLESHOT THE SYS WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE MFR AND IT WAS DETERMINED A FAILURE OF THE TRIM RELAY K22. RELAY WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS.