SDR RU3A1003

Service difficulty report · Servo · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
February 1, 2010
Submitted
February 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N69
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF4
Aircraft time
9,329 hours, 5,111 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
065007605
Part serial
1702
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autopilot Sys
Part time
907 hours, 448 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT AFTER 1000 MSL, PILOT WENT TO ENGAGE AUTOPILOT. HDG AND ALT SEL SELECTED FOR PHASE OF FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT MADE IMMEDIATE 30 DEGREE LEFT THEN 30 DEGREE RIGHT ROLL FOLLOWED BY AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT AND ILLUMINATION OF RED WARNING LIGHTS AND TONE OF A/P DISCONNECT. RESET A/P AND TRIM SWITCH AND AFTER SUCCESSFUL SELF TEST, RE-ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE A/P ONLY TO HAVE SAME RESULTS. AIRCRAFT WAS STILL WITHIN 5 NM OF TAKEOFF POINT. RETURNED, WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE IN HANGAR DURING TESTING. REPLACED AILERON SERVO AND FLIGHT COMPUTER WITHOUT FURTHER DUPLICATION.