19951118040919I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120RT · Cleveland, OH · November 18, 1995

Date: November 18, 1995 · 12:30 local
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: C2XA
Aircraft: N27716
Reported as: EMB EMB120RT
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

Narrative: flt. #bta 3229 returned to cle at 1730Z following flap symmetry fault during climb. Actuator connectors were checked and cleaned. Could not duplicate on ground. Aircraft released. Same thing occurred on next flight. Flt #3282 and again aircraft returned to cle. L/h & r/h outbd flap rollers replaced. Aircraft test flown and returned to service on 11/20/95. Flaps had symmetry fault, cle weather on 11/18/95 was drizzle/fog, with temp of 42 degrees at 1200(noon), falling to 38 degrees at 1600 hrs., EST.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLT. #BTA 3229 RETURNED TO CLE AT 1730Z FOLLOWING FLAP SYMMETRY FAULT DURING CLIMB. ACTUATOR CONNECTORS WERE CHECKED AND CLEANED. COULD NOT DUPLICATE ON GROUND. AIRCRAFT RELEASED. SAME THING OCCURRED ON NEXT FLIGHT. FLT #3282 AND AGAIN AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLE. L/H & R/H OUTBD FLAP ROLLERS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN AND RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 11/20/95. FLAPS HAD SYMMETRY FAULT, CLE WEATHER ON 11/18/95 WAS DRIZZLE/FOG, WITH TEMP OF 42 DEGREES AT 1200(NOON), FALLING TO 38 DEGREES AT 1600 HRS., EST.