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Incident

FAA incident report · Stbros SD3-60 · Philadelphia, PA · February 27, 1993

Date
February 27, 1993 · 09:12 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Philadelphia International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PCAA
Aircraft
N690PC
Reported as
Stbros SD360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,358 total2,219 in this make and model197 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.

Pilot returned to airport due to a broken elevator trim cable. Cable failed due to excessive delamination.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT DUE TO A BROKEN ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE. CABLE FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE DELAMINATION.