19861118072879I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-51 · Detroit, MI · November 18, 1986

Date
November 18, 1986 · 14:36 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Co
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N760NC
Reported as
Doug DC951
People aboard
42
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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 malfunctioned when autopilot was engaged. Pilot returned to feild. Maintenance could not find defect.

As the FAA filed it

ELEVATOR TRIM MALFUNCTIONED WHEN AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED. PILOT RETURNED TO FEILD. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT FIND DEFECT.

Other reports on N760NC · 7

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.