19821216065779I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 65-A90 · Pittsburgh, PA · December 16, 1982

Date
December 16, 1982 · 17:30 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny Co
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N3333D
Reported as
Beech 65A90
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total75 in this make and model150 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.

Elevator trim stayed in nose down position on descent. Found elevator trim cable and cable drum broken.

As the FAA filed it

ELEVATOR TRIM STAYED IN NOSE DOWN POSITION ON DESCENT. FOUND ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE AND CABLE DRUM BROKEN.