40.1141° N, 88.2746° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 25, 1983 · 14:45 local
Place
Champaign, IL
Airport
Willard
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
BRIA
Aircraft
N378HE
Reported as
Frchld FH227C
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce DART5327
People aboard
26
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,188 total1,952 in this make and model250 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.
Nose centering light would not go out on climbout. Found all bolts and pins on top of steering actuator sheared.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE CENTERING LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT ON CLIMBOUT. FOUND ALL BOLTS AND PINS ON TOP OF STEERING ACTUATOR SHEARED.