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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 24B · Ft Myers, FL · May 12, 1982

Date
May 12, 1982 · 19:05 local
Place
Ft Myers, FL
Airport
Page
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N721J
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA82IA021
Reported as
Lear 24B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,200 in this make and model25 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.

Runaway trim on climb. Both pilots and passenger pulled nose up from dive. Disabled auto pilot. Snychronizer defect

As the FAA filed it

RUNAWAY TRIM ON CLIMB. BOTH PILOTS AND PASSENGER PULLED NOSE UP FROM DIVE. DISABLED AUTO PILOT. SNYCHRONIZER DEFECT

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.