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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 24 · Detroit, MI · August 21, 1985

Date
August 21, 1985 · 17:02 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EADA
Aircraft
N444KW
Reported as
Lear 24
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,585 total1,600 in this make and model163 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 nose up trim on takeoff. Emergency trim would not override but finally worked. Replaced trim switch.

As the FAA filed it

RUNAWAY NOSE UP TRIM ON TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY TRIM WOULD NOT OVERRIDE BUT FINALLY WORKED. REPLACED TRIM SWITCH.