P180 captain overshot clearance limit in climb when the primary horizontal stabilizer trim failed.

Attributes
ACN	1008009
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	PIE.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	P180 Avanti
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Horizontal Stabilizer Trim
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 1300
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

During initial climb; the primary pitch [horizontal stabilizer trim] controls were not working. This became evident just prior to the level off altitude of 1;600 ft MSL. The aircraft was in a nose up position. While switching to secondary trim and waiting for the secondary trim to catch up; pitch and power were used to complete a level off. This resulted in an inadvertent overshoot of the altitude by just over 200 ft MSL. Once the secondary pitch trim caught up; a normal descent and landing was performed without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P180 Captain overshot clearance limit in climb when the primary horizontal stabilizer trim failed.

Narrative: During initial climb; the primary pitch [horizontal stabilizer trim] controls were not working. This became evident just prior to the level off altitude of 1;600 FT MSL. The aircraft was in a nose up position. While switching to secondary trim and waiting for the secondary trim to catch up; pitch and power were used to complete a level off. This resulted in an inadvertent overshoot of the altitude by just over 200 FT MSL. Once the secondary pitch trim caught up; a normal descent and landing was performed without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.