# Incident 19960709045599I: Stbros SD360, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1996, 16:05 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N384MQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N384MQ-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros SD3-60 (registry code 8100606, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd3-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SD360
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65AR
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,404 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96IA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96IA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960709045599I

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. CABLE IN FUSELAGE FAILED. RECENT INSPECTION INDICATED LOOKED OK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA96IA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96IA179), Jul 9, 1996: Short Brothers SD3-60-200 (N384MQ), San Juan, PR, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Fatigue failure of a segment of the elevator trim control cable. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the airplane manufacturer to require a replacement interval of the cables.

## Other reports on N384MQ (1)

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

- [Incident 19910917045809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910917045809I), Sep 17, 1991: Stbros SD360 (N384MQ), Green Bay, WI. Left engine spooled down on approach. Made emergency shutdown and landed without incident.

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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