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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-8-102 · Detroit, MI · November 9, 1996

Date: November 9, 1996 · 18:57 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MALA
Aircraft: N861MA
Reported as: Dhav DHC8102
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,758 total2,970 in this make and model211 in the last 90 days

N861MARegistration cancelled Apr 24, 1998 · Dehavilland DHC-8-102S/N 362 Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-8-102

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: after departure from cmh mesaba 3082 experienced a "stuck" elevator and declared an emergency. The flight continued to dtw and landed without further incident. Maintenance inspected the elevator system and found "ice approx. 1/2" extending aft of leading edges covering entire top surface and impending travel of spring tabs." The aircraft had been partially de-iced at cmh, prior to departure. The hold-over time was exceeded by 2 minutes. The pilots state that pre-take off checks were o.k. captain stated that the horizontal stabilizer was "free of contamination so it was not sprayed."

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CMH MESABA 3082 EXPERIENCED A "STUCK" ELEVATOR AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND FOUND "ICE APPROX. 1/2" EXTENDING AFT OF LEADING EDGES COVERING ENTIRE TOP SURFACE AND IMPENDING TRAVEL OF SPRING TABS." THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PARTIALLY DE-ICED AT CMH, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE HOLD-OVER TIME WAS EXCEEDED BY 2 MINUTES. THE PILOTS STATE THAT PRE-TAKE OFF CHECKS WERE O.K. CAPTAIN STATED THAT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS "FREE OF CONTAMINATION SO IT WAS NOT SPRAYED."