# Incident 19970627024059I: Boeing 737247, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, June 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242WA-2007-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627024059I

## Narrative

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

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

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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