N56RX
Registered owner: KING COBRA INVESTMENTS LLC, CA (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
PASSING THROUGH 8000FT MSL, THE AUTOPILOT SYS WENT INTO AN UNCOMMANDED NOSE PITCH OVER RAPID DESCENT. PILOT TRIED THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT SWITCH WHILE TRYING TO ARREST THE DESCENT WITH THE ELEVATOR BACK PRESSURE. SWITCH DID NOT DISENGAGE THE AUTOPILOT. TRIED THE SWITCH AGAIN, BUT IT DID NOT DISCONNECT. PILOT TRIED THE GO-AROUND SWITCH AND DISABLED THE ELECTRIC TRIM, AGAIN TO NO AVAIL. WENT TOT, AUTOPILOT ON/OFF SWITCH ON THE AUTOPILOT CONTROLLER HEAD AND SELECTED OFF POSITION, AGAIN IT FAILED TO DISCONNECT THE AUTOPILOT. PILOT REDUCED ENGINE POWER. PULLED THE AUTOPILOT CIRCUIT BREAKER, WHICH RELEIVED THE YOKE PRESSURE. PILOT THEN BEGAN TO PULL OUT OF THE DIVE AT ABOUT 2000FT MSL. DID NOT DECLARE EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.
DURING AMT TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE NR 1 ENGINE ALTERNATOR INTERMITTENT, DISCOVERED CRANKCASE STUDS BROKEN, UNRELATED TO THE ALTERNATOR ISSUE, INITIATED THE DISASSEMBLY AND REMOVED CYLINDER, ALL NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING CHECKS OK, REPLACING THE STUDS, ALSO REPLACING BROKEN TERMINAL AT THE ALTERNATOR TO FIX THE ALTERNATOR ISSUE.