# Incident 19961107040449I: Doug MD11, Dayton, OH, November 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1996, 16:24 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Wright Patterson Afb
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.8204° N, 84.0492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8204&lon=-84.0492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814DE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97IA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961107040449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED, WHEN SLATS EXTENDED ON DESCENT, WERE UNABLE TO CHANGE STABILIZER TRIM, ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY. UNDER INVESTIGATION BY NTSB AT THE PRESENT TIME. HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM GEARBOX DRIVE PIN SHEARED.

## 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 IAD97IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97IA018), Nov 8, 1996: McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N814DE), Dayton, OH, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Failure of the output drive unit shear pin due to lack of lubrication to the screw actuator assemblies. Contributing to the cause was the aircraft manufacturer's production and inspection personnel…

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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