AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2022 - 100

RUDDER & WRENCH
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Along for the ride
Hours of boredom, with moments
of sheer terror
BY JOHN JACOBI
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MY OLD MAN was an original jet fighter
jock in the North American F-86 Sabre
during the Korean War. He taught me
a lot of adages regarding flying. One in
particular would prove correct: " Being a
pilot is hours of boredom, with moments
of sheer terror. "
It was 2006, and I was managing
and flying a Pilatus PC-12 Series 9 in
the Atlanta metro area. The flight that
day was completely unremarkable until
reaching the bottom of descent at the
traffic pattern altitude of 1,500 feet. We
were approximately three miles west of
a nontowered field in coastal Georgia. I
clicked the autopilot disconnect on the
yoke. Nothing happened. I asked my copilot
to try their side. Click-click, nada
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again. Things were getting very interesting
with an indicated airspeed close to the barber
pole and a Cessna Citation at our same
altitude on downwind of an intersecting
runway. No problem. Memory items kicked
in from training in the simulator. I knew
my machine. I lifted the safety cover and
hit the alternate trim, which should have
disconnected the autopilot. Nothing.
OK, we are now officially in the danger
zone. It had been almost a minute since
reaching traffic pattern altitude, and our
ground speed was running about four nautical
miles a minute as the airfield passed
below us and we headed out to sea. I tried
to pull back on the yoke-the autopilot
pushed the yoke forward. I tried to turn
left; it turned right. I reached to my left,
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