Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
July 23, 2013
Submitted
July 25, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560ES
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605800
Aircraft time
2,222 hours, 2,081 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

PILOT REPORTED AN UNCOMMANDED STICK MOVEMENT FORWARD, RESULTING IN PITCH DOWN AND AUTOPILOT TURNING OFF. MX RESET THE INTEGRATED AVIONICS COMPUTER AND CLEANED THE ELEVATOR SERVO CONNECTIONS. SEVERAL OPS CHECKS WERE PERFORMED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED, ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO SPECIFIC PART IS IDENTIFIED AS CAUSING THE DIFFICULTY, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SYS GLITCH.

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