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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bnorm BN-2A · St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico · April 4, 1981

Date
April 4, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico
Airport
French
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N457SA
Reported as
Bnorm BN2A
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total2,010 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During enroute severe vibration occurred. Lost control but recovered. Landed and found trim tab bracket & rod failed

As the FAA filed it

DURING ENROUTE SEVERE VIBRATION OCCURRED.LOST CONTROL BUT RECOVERED.LANDED AND FOUND TRIM TAB BRACKET & ROD FAILED

Other reports on N457SA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.