# Incident 19970420011239I: Swrngn SA227AC, Portland, OR, April 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1997, 10:00 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27444 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970420011239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON ROUTINE 121 FLIGHT FROM KLAMATH FALLS, OR TO PORTLAND, OR AILERON TRIM FROZE AT 16,000 FEET. DURING DESCENT AT 9000 FEET, TRIM UNFROZE AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AT PORTLAND. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND FREEZE CHECK OF BOTH ACTUATORS FAILED TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM. LEFT HAND ACTUATOR HAD SMALL AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT IN CONTROL ROD. ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED, THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE 4/28/97. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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