FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual Supplement

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 300/300LW 190-00716-02 Rev.3
Page 38 of 167 FAA APPROVED
MANUAL AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT
If necessary, the autopilot may be manually disconnected using any one of the following
methods.
1. AP/YD DISC / TRIM INTRPT Button ............................................................ PRESS and RELEASE
(Pilot’s or Copilot’s control wheel)
2. AP Button (Autopilot mode control panel) .............................................................................. PRESS
(Yaw damper remains engaged)
3. Pitch Trim Switch (Pilot’s or, if installed, Copilot’s control wheel) .................................... ACTIVATE
(Yaw damper remains engaged)
4. Go-Around (GA) switch (For airplanes without ESP Installed) .............................................. PRESS
(Left power lever - yaw damper remains engaged)
5. AFCS SERVOS Circuit Breaker ................................................................................................ PULL
(Right circuit breaker panel)
AUTOPILOT ABNORMAL DISCONNECT
(Red ‘AP’ flashing on PFD, Continuous high-low aural tone)
1. A/P DISC/TRIM INTRPT Button ..................................................................PRESS AND RELEASE
(to cancel disconnect tone)
2. Aircraft Attitude ............................................................. MAINTAIN/REGAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL
NOTE
The autopilot disconnect may be accompanied by a red boxed PTCH (pitch), ROLL, YAW or
AFCS on the PFD, indicating the axis which has failed, or that the automatic flight control
system has failed. The autopilot cannot be re-engaged with any of these annunciations
present.