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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC7102 · Battle Creek, MI · May 15, 1984

Date
May 15, 1984 · 14:10 local
Place
Battle Creek, MI
Airport
Wk Kellogg Region
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWAA
Aircraft
N708ZW
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI84IA197
Reported as
Dhav DHC7102
People aboard
22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Experienced a runaway rudder trim at cruise altitude. Rudder trim switch malfunctioned. Cause undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED A RUNAWAY RUDDER TRIM AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. RUDDER TRIM SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

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