FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Yuba City, CA · November 5, 1980
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot took off with the elevator stuck in the full nose up position. Was able to break it loose and land.
PILOT TOOK OFF WITH THE ELEVATOR STUCK IN THE FULL NOSE UP POSITION. WAS ABLE TO BREAK IT LOOSE AND LAND.