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During a night operation, a C414 pilot temporarily loses control of his aircraft during initial climb at 3000 ft due to an autoplt malfunction out of lit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 639298 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200411 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lit.airport |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lit.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Chancellor 414A & C414 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 42 flight time total : 603 flight time type : 144 |
| ASRS Report | 639298 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overrode automation flight crew : regained aircraft control |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing out of adams field, little rock, ar. Upon attempting to engage autoplt, airplane went into steep stall-inducing climb. Altitude changed about 300 ft to 500 ft before I decided it was autoplt error and began hand flying.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING A NIGHT OP, A C414 PLT TEMPORARILY LOSES CTL OF HIS ACFT DURING INITIAL CLB AT 3000 FT DUE TO AN AUTOPLT MALFUNCTION OUT OF LIT.
Narrative: CLBING OUT OF ADAMS FIELD, LITTLE ROCK, AR. UPON ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE AUTOPLT, AIRPLANE WENT INTO STEEP STALL-INDUCING CLB. ALT CHANGED ABOUT 300 FT TO 500 FT BEFORE I DECIDED IT WAS AUTOPLT ERROR AND BEGAN HAND FLYING.
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.