Originally Posted by
Capt Fathom
The autopilot did not give up. It was disconnected due to not having a valid lateral mode.
As the aircraft was in operating in Class E Airspace, the pilot would have notified ATC of the Altitude and Tracking issues.
And that was serious enough to warrant an Incident report?? In Class A or C maybe, but unless someone is wanting to make an issue of the piloting skill of the poor unfortunate at the controls, surely there's something else going on here..