# Incident 19801230088459I: Cvac STCAPJC, Baltimore, MD, December 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1980, 23:10 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Bwi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SMMA
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230088459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ELEVATOR CONTROL PROBLEM DEVELOPED ON CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKE OFF. FLIGHT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA032), Dec 30, 1980: Convair 580 (N531SA), Norfolk, VA, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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