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A C560XL in climb at 8000 ft had the stabilizer fail to trim to cruise when the flaps were retracted. Did not exceed 210 KTS. Incurred 350 ft altitude overshoot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 642135 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200412 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : clt.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : clt.tracon tower : cvg.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Citation Excel |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 642135 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : overshoot |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Failed to level at 8000 ft on the departure from clt due to a stabilizer malfunction. We exceeded cleared altitude by 350 ft. Reduced speed and descended back to 8000 ft. Upon realizing the stabilizer did not move to cruise position when the flaps were selected up, flaps were repositioned to 15 degrees and aircraft was brought back to clt for maintenance to review. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said that no annunciator warning was received when the flaps were retracted and the stabilizer failed to trim to cruise flight. The speed was well below 210 KTS (the flap limit speed). This incident resulted in an altitude deviation of 350 ft overshoot. On the ground maintenance checked the flap and trim system but could not duplicate the report. No emergency was declared and the landing was uneventful as the trailing edge flaps operated normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C560XL IN CLB AT 8000 FT HAD THE STABILIZER FAIL TO TRIM TO CRUISE WHEN THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. DID NOT EXCEED 210 KTS. INCURRED 350 FT ALT OVERSHOOT.
Narrative: FAILED TO LEVEL AT 8000 FT ON THE DEP FROM CLT DUE TO A STABILIZER MALFUNCTION. WE EXCEEDED CLRED ALT BY 350 FT. REDUCED SPD AND DSNDED BACK TO 8000 FT. UPON REALIZING THE STABILIZER DID NOT MOVE TO CRUISE POS WHEN THE FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP, FLAPS WERE REPOSITIONED TO 15 DEGS AND ACFT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO CLT FOR MAINT TO REVIEW. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT NO ANNUNCIATOR WARNING WAS RECEIVED WHEN THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AND THE STABILIZER FAILED TO TRIM TO CRUISE FLT. THE SPD WAS WELL BELOW 210 KTS (THE FLAP LIMIT SPD). THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN ALTDEV OF 350 FT OVERSHOOT. ON THE GND MAINT CHKED THE FLAP AND TRIM SYS BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE RPT. NO EMER WAS DECLARED AND THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL AS THE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS OPERATED NORMALLY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.