# Incident 19811120086179I: Dhav DHC7102, South Bend, IN, November 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1981, 10:10 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWAA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705ZW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705ZW-1986-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-7-102 (registry code 2802708, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-7-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC7102
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A50
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,658 total, 162 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811120086179I

## Narrative

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

TRIM TABS JAMMED IN CLIMB. USED EMERGENCY DISCONNECT TO FREE JAM. AIRCRAFT ELAVATORS NOT PROPERLY DEICED ON GROUND.

## Other reports on N705ZW (2)

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

- [Incident 19820202008609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820202008609I), Feb 2, 1982: Dhav DHC7102 (N705ZW), Ft Wayne, IN. Aircraft returned when the roll spoiler 75770011011 jammed from ice which had not been removed in deicing.
- [Incident 19801028076679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801028076679I), Oct 28, 1980: Dhav DHC7102 (N705ZW), Chicago, IL. Takeoff aborted due to stuck spoiler.

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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