19951122042259I

Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC8102 · Binghamton, NY · November 22, 1995

Date: November 22, 1995 · 07:05 local
Place: Binghamton, NY
Airport: Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PCAA
Aircraft: N829EX
Reported as: Dhav DHC8102
People aboard: 3
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: on taxi the pilot reported elevator control jammed; aircraft returned to maintenance. Aircraft was inspected and found a screw lodged between leading edge of elevator and trailing edge or horizontal stabilizer. Aircraft N829EX had leading edge of horizontal stabilizer removed for boot replacement. Leading edge was replaced and aircraft returned to service. Maintenance sign-off was by stephen kunze. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAXI THE PILOT REPORTED ELEVATOR CONTROL JAMMED; AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND A SCREW LODGED BETWEEN LEADING EDGE OF ELEVATOR AND TRAILING EDGE OR HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AIRCRAFT N829EX HAD LEADING EDGE OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REMOVED FOR BOOT REPLACEMENT. LEADING EDGE WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. MAINTENANCE SIGN-OFF WAS BY STEPHEN KUNZE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.