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An erj-170 crew reported the autopilot was not controlling the aircraft as expected; and the crew recovered from an unusual attitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1419952 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Autopilot |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 65 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Departing from ZZZ; we had been switched to center and given a climb to 10;000 and direct to mobile. Just after breaking out of the clouds the pilot flying; (F.O.) requested the auto pilot. I reached up and pushed the auto pilot button. We both then reached for our sun visors and sunglasses since we were pointed directly at the sun. After securing the sun protection; the aircraft enunciated 'bank angle; bank angle'. The 1st officer immediately took the controls back and corrected the course. The auto pilot was never activated and the aircraft began a right climbing turn. We deviated 16 degrees off our course; ATC asked if we were direct mobile after we had already began correcting. We replied yes and were given a climb to 13000 ft the aircraft sped up to 285 knots below 10;000 for aprox 15sec.cami [confirm; activate; monitor; intervene] and have your sunglasses ready.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An ERJ-170 crew reported the autopilot was not controlling the aircraft as expected; and the crew recovered from an unusual attitude.
Narrative: Departing from ZZZ; we had been switched to Center and given a climb to 10;000 and direct to Mobile. Just after breaking out of the clouds the pilot flying; (F.O.) requested the auto pilot. I reached up and pushed the auto pilot button. We both then reached for our sun visors and sunglasses since we were pointed directly at the sun. After securing the sun protection; the aircraft enunciated 'bank angle; bank angle'. The 1st officer immediately took the controls back and corrected the course. The auto pilot was never activated and the aircraft began a right climbing turn. we deviated 16 degrees off our course; ATC asked if we were direct Mobile after we had already began correcting. We replied yes and were given a climb to 13000 ft The aircraft sped up to 285 knots below 10;000 for aprox 15sec.CAMI [Confirm; Activate; Monitor; Intervene] and have your sunglasses ready.
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.