Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 9500; Flight Crew Type 120
Human-Machine Interface; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Aircraft Equipment Problem Dissipated; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Airspace Structure; Human Factors; Aircraft; Procedure
Airplane departed TEB [with] clearance altitude of 1;500 FT MSL. At approximately 1;300 FT MSL an amber CAS message [alerted] 'ELEVATOR TRIM FAIL' and 'AUTOPILOT TRIM FAIL.' The airplane was being hand flown and went to 1;700 FT for about 1 second and returned to 1;500 FT. ATC queried us and at the moment they asked we were at 1;590 FT MSL. The CAS messages only lasted about 15 seconds. There were no separation issues. The airplane was trimmed for takeoff. The trim failure was short lived; but distracting and at a bad time. Electronic airplanes - gotta love them!
A G550 over shot the TEB RUUDY 4 initial level off altitude of 1;500 FT because both elevator and autopilot trim systems momentarily failed and so the aircraft did not level until the pilot manually returned to 1;500 FT.