# Incident 19951210046039I: Beech E18S, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, December 10, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1995, 17:20 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
- Airport: Lake Havasu City Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MQ7A
- Location: 34.5711° N, 114.3583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HAVASU CITY (HII), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5711&lon=-114.3583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5609D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5609D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951210046039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD LOSS OF ELEVATOR/PITCH CONTROL UPON TAKEOFF. CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT WITH POWER AND TRIM AND LANDED AIRCRAFT BACK AT H11 WITH NO DAMAGE. PILOT FOUND PUSH ROD TO ELEVATOR ATTACH BOLT TO HAVE COME OUT CAUSING ELEVATOR TO TRAIL. PITCH CONTROL WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH ELEVATOR TRIM. CASTLE NUT AND COTTER KEY WERE MISSING ALLOWING BOLT TO COME OUT.

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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