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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1739400 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB-505 / Phenom 300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aeroplane Flight Control |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 305 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Upon takeoff; experienced unusually strong flight control resistance and difficulty maintaining pitch. Unable to maintain altitude. Suspected flight control malfunction or trim malfunction. Upon engaging auto pilot; saw ap trim warning cas message and disabled ap. [Advised ATC] because I was unable to maintain altitude and returned to the airport. Landed safely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-505 Single Pilot reported flight control malfunction on takeoff resulting loss of pitch control; resulting in a return to departure airport.
Narrative: Upon takeoff; experienced unusually strong flight control resistance and difficulty maintaining pitch. Unable to maintain altitude. Suspected flight control malfunction or trim malfunction. Upon engaging Auto Pilot; saw AP TRIM warning CAS message and disabled AP. [Advised ATC] because I was unable to maintain altitude and returned to the airport. Landed safely.
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.