# Incident 19950202004219I: Doug DC1030, San Francisco, CA, February 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1995, 09:30 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1852U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1030
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,029 total, 11,034 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950202004219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON 02-02-95, AT 0930 PST, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC10-10 OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES, INC., DECLARED AN AMBER ALERT AND RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A STUCK STABILIZER AND A SPLIT ELEVATOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE HEAVY AND RIGHT WING HEAVY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON UAL FLIGHT 132 TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR INSPECTION. THE INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE ELEVATOR LOAD FEEL MECHANISM. CAUSE OF THE INSTALLATION PROBLEM IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THE REPORT IS CLOSED. NO PILOT DEVIATION. NO 8029.11 GENERATED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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