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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 25 · Wilkes Barre, PA · February 9, 1983

Date
February 9, 1983 · 08:55 local
Place
Wilkes Barre, PA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4PN
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83IA105
Reported as
Lear 25
Reported engine
GE CJ6106
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,100 total2,202 in this make and model92 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.

Autopilot failed to disengage for a manual trim climb. Excessive nose down trim. Temperature restricted switch.

As the FAA filed it

AUTOPILOT FAILED TO DISENGAGE FOR A MANUAL TRIM CLIMB. EXCESSIVE NOSE DOWN TRIM. TEMPERATURE RESTRICTED SWITCH.

NTSB investigation

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