Cirrus pilot reported a temporary loss of control on initial climb while resetting circuit breakers.

2025-10 · NASA ASRS report 2303480

Date: 2025-10 · Aircraft: SR22 · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control

Synopsis

Cirrus pilot reported a temporary loss of control on initial climb while resetting circuit breakers.

Narrative

Cleared for take off XXR. Given right turn to 120 at about 1000ft. Entered clouds. Solid IMC. Flying with autopilot heading bug and altitude step ups. At that moment; the audio panel went out; reverting to back up level functionality. No noise canceling. Low audio volume. Instructions from ATC difficult to hear well in that environment; but I did hear. Was given turn to 140. Heading bug moved to 140. I advised that I was having audio difficulties and began to trouble shoot the audio. Subsequently; it was evident that the auto pilot was also nonfunctional. I was nose high in a shallow left turn with airspeed about 90 kts. Momentarily I regained control from the unusual attitude and began to correct course. Once basic control had been re-established; trouble shooting check list led to the breaker panel where I could feel two breakers out. These were reset and the audio and autopilot returned to normal and normal operations were again possible. The flight then proceeded normally to the destination.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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