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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-247 · Dallas-Ft Worth, TX · June 27, 1997

Date
June 27, 1997 · 17:30 local
Place
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N242WA
Reported as
Boeing 737247
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Diverted, due binding horizontal trim. Found trim control wheel bearing failed, caused trim wheel to bind.

As the FAA filed it

DIVERTED, DUE BINDING HORIZONTAL TRIM. FOUND TRIM CONTROL WHEEL BEARING FAILED, CAUSED TRIM WHEEL TO BIND.