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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Hartford, CT · December 15, 1986

Date
December 15, 1986 · 19:30 local
Place
Hartford, CT
Airport
Hartford-Brainard Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5860V
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total40 in this make and model20 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 electric trim ran uncontrolled. Pilot overpowered trim and continued to destination.

As the FAA filed it

ELEVATOR ELECTRIC TRIM RAN UNCONTROLLED. PILOT OVERPOWERED TRIM AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.