# Incident 19961109040479I: Dhav DHC8102, Detroit, MI, November 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1996, 18:57 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N861MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N861MA-1998-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,758 total, 2,970 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961109040479I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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