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PA46 pilot reports HSI failure during departure and reversion to hand flying and visual separation from terrain. Deviations from SID occurred and ATC notified of the failure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 821078 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200901 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Positional / Directional Sensing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 60 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Departed ZZZ on abc 5 departure with XXX transition. On start-up and preflight check; noted HSI to be slow to spin up. Completed 2 s-turns on taxiway and noted HSI to be functioning. Taxied to hold short line runway 33. Cleared for takeoff and aligned aircraft down runway and set heading bug for 10 degrees left on runway heading (i.e.; 340 degrees). Upon takeoff; assuring directional control of aircraft and positive rate of climb (approximately 2;000 FPM); upon passing through 9;100 ft; turned heading bug left and noted directional gyro on HSI was not moving and stuck at 330 degrees. At this point; I disengaged autopilot and hand flew aircraft maintaining positive rate of climb and visual separation of terrain. At same time was handed over from tower to departure frequency. Changed to departure frequency; informed controller I was not on abc 5 and had a gyro failure. I reprogrammed GPS unit that is wass certified and roll steering capable. Continued climb until told by controller to make right turn to 270 degrees; which I complied with; as I was clear of terrain. At this point was asked by controller if I was declaring an emergency. At that point I had switched over to the GPS driving the autopilot; thus eliminating the HSI so no emergency was declared. The remainder of flight was uneventful. The fault was with the flux gate/remote gyro connection and was rectified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA46 pilot reports HSI failure during departure and reversion to hand flying and visual separation from terrain. Deviations from SID occurred and ATC notified of the failure.
Narrative: Departed ZZZ on ABC 5 departure with XXX Transition. On start-up and preflight check; noted HSI to be slow to spin up. Completed 2 S-turns on taxiway and noted HSI to be functioning. Taxied to hold short line Runway 33. Cleared for takeoff and aligned aircraft down runway and set heading bug for 10 degrees left on runway heading (i.e.; 340 degrees). Upon takeoff; assuring directional control of aircraft and positive rate of climb (approximately 2;000 FPM); upon passing through 9;100 FT; turned heading bug left and noted directional gyro on HSI was not moving and stuck at 330 degrees. At this point; I disengaged autopilot and hand flew aircraft maintaining positive rate of climb and visual separation of terrain. At same time was handed over from Tower to Departure frequency. Changed to Departure frequency; informed Controller I was not on ABC 5 and had a gyro failure. I reprogrammed GPS unit that is WASS certified and roll steering capable. Continued climb until told by Controller to make right turn to 270 degrees; which I complied with; as I was clear of terrain. At this point was asked by Controller if I was declaring an emergency. At that point I had switched over to the GPS driving the autopilot; thus eliminating the HSI so no emergency was declared. The remainder of flight was uneventful. The fault was with the flux gate/remote gyro connection and was rectified.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.