What was found
AUTOPILOT MADE UN-COMMANDED MOMENTARY PITCH INPUTS AT FL230 AND THEN AGAIN AT 4000'MSL. FOUND ELEVATOR TRIM SERVO CLUTCH SLIPPING-OUT OF TOLERANCE. ADJUSTED THE SERVO CLUTCH TO MAINTENANCE MANUAL SPECS.
- Difficulty date
- September 15, 2017
- Submitted
- September 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N78
- Make and model
- Beech 300LW
- Aircraft serial
- FF13
- Aircraft time
- 15,672 hours, 8,307 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2215 · Autopilot Main Servo
- Part
- Servo
- Part number
- 8221168003
- Part serial
- 33PYX
- Condition
- Out Of Adjust
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 921 hours, 471 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.