# Incident 19960627027449I: Doug DC933F, Seattle, WA, June 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1996, 06:20 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIAA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N933F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N933F-2012-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-33F (registry code 302207A, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-33f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC933F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 5,600 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960627027449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING DESCENT INTO SEA AN EVERGREEN DC-9 EXPERIENCED A TEMPORARILY JAMMED ELEVATOR CONTROL. FLIGHT 824 FLYING FROM JUNEAU, AK TO SEATTLE, WA WAS BEING HAND FLOWN AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH 16,000 FT. THE ELEVATOR CONTROL JAMMED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 15 LBS. FORWARD FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE YOKE. IT THEN ABRUPTLY BECAME FREE AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. ON 6/27/96, EVERGREEN MAINTENANCE AT SEATTLE PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM I/A/W THE DC-9 M/M SECTION 27-30-2, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY FAULTS OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON 6/29/96, EVERGREEN MAINTENANCE AT DENVER PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTO-PILOT AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT ACTUATING CYLINDER ROD END NUT WAS LOOSE. THE ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED I/A/W THE DC-9 M/M SECTION 27-30-8 AND WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N933F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990826025599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990826025599I), Aug 26, 1999: Doug DC933F (N933F), Syracuse, NY. On Thursday, August 26, 1999, an evergreen international airlines DC-9-33F, N933F, reported an unsafe nose gear indication on approach to Syracuse…
- [Incident 19961216044349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961216044349I), Dec 16, 1996: Doug DC933F (N933F), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: while taxiing into parking, wing tip struck a loader belonging to eagle. Aircraft was on centerline, and not forward of max forward spot. No ground…

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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