C-99 captain reported an attitude indicator failed midflight resulting in a return to departure airp...

Attributes
ACN	1749895
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airliner 99
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Attitude Indicator(Gyro/Horizon/ADI)
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

Student was off on speed and pitch; I thought the student was having issues with pitch had their level reset attitude indicator to see if that began climb again. [It] became obvious after a few minutes their attitude indicator was failing; told dispatch; looked in mels; elected to turn back. I took over flying landed; then let the student taxi back to ramp.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C-99 Captain reported an attitude indicator failed midflight resulting in a return to departure airport.

Narrative: Student was off on speed and pitch; I thought the student was having issues with pitch had their level reset attitude indicator to see if that began climb again. [It] became obvious after a few minutes their attitude indicator was failing; told Dispatch; looked in MELs; elected to turn back. I took over flying landed; then let the student taxi back to ramp.

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.

C-99 captain reported an attitude indicator failed midflight resulting in a return to departure airport.