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Eclipse 500 first officer reported experiencing an electrical bus failure. Running the QRH checklist restored normal operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1365010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201606 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Eclipse 500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electrical Distribution Busbar |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1100 Flight Crew Type 110 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Departed las vegas on an IFR flight plan routing as filed. This was a repositioning flight operating under part 91 rule (returning to base operations after dropping off passengers at las). Upon initial climb thru FL160 - autopilot; yaw damper and generator #1 went offline followed by a cas message warning. Crew and cabin temperature reached 110F - air conditioning/climate control were also offline. Upon reaching our final cruise altitude I noticed it became more difficult to hold altitude and heading. At that time I noticed the flight trim controls went offline (followed by another cas message warning) the stabilator trim control had 'runaway' and had locked in a split configuration or indication we started to troubleshoot the problem with the QRH and subsequently managed to reset the electric system bus in flight to later correct the situation. Thereafter; all systems came back online and fully functional. The flight terminated uneventfully. Unsure what might have caused this situation to occur. Perhaps the extreme heat in the cabin?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Eclipse 500 First Officer reported experiencing an electrical bus failure. Running the QRH checklist restored normal operation.
Narrative: Departed Las Vegas on an IFR flight plan routing as filed. This was a repositioning flight operating under part 91 rule (returning to base operations after dropping off passengers at LAS). Upon initial climb thru FL160 - autopilot; yaw damper and generator #1 went offline followed by a CAS message warning. Crew and cabin temperature reached 110F - air conditioning/climate control were also offline. Upon reaching our final cruise altitude I noticed it became more difficult to hold altitude and heading. At that time I noticed the flight trim controls went offline (followed by another CAS message warning) the stabilator trim control had 'runaway' and had locked in a split configuration or indication We started to troubleshoot the problem with the QRH and subsequently managed to reset the electric system bus in flight to later correct the situation. Thereafter; all systems came back online and fully functional. The flight terminated uneventfully. Unsure what might have caused this situation to occur. Perhaps the extreme heat in the cabin?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.