A pilot at the local diner told me his plane's autopilot kept trying to turn left.

He said it started after a shop in Wichita swapped out a servo, and his regular guy traced it to a single pinched wire in a bundle under the co-pilot's seat. It made me think how often we blame the new part instead of the install. How do you guys handle a 'fixed it, but it's still broken' situation from another shop?

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young.sarah2mo ago

Classic... they fixed the part but broke the install. I swear some shops just create their own job security that way.

brian_jackson2mo ago

Ever wonder if the real problem is the paperwork trail getting lost? A rushed sign-off from a shop might miss the tiny details, like a full system check after a simple swap. That pinched wire is a perfect example, where the fix created a new, hidden fault. It makes you want to double-check the whole work area, not just the new part.

robin83629d ago

Wait, a pinched wire under the co-pilot's seat from a servo swap? That's wild because how does a part that's nowhere near the seat cause a pinch like that unless they were shoving bundles around to make room. I can't believe a simple swap turned into a hidden wire mess that took another guy to find. Stuff like that makes you think the first shop either rushed through the job or just didn't care about the rest of the plane. It's scary how one small mistake can make a brand new part act like the problem when it's really the install that's messed up.