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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E90 · Milwaukee, WI · September 15, 1997

Date: September 15, 1997 · 07:00 local
Place: Milwaukee, WI
Airport: General Mitchell Field
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N7TD
Reported as: Beech E90
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,500 total4,500 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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: on sep. 15, 1997, at 0700 cdst a Beechcraft E-90, N7TD, lost elevator control on take-off from racine, WI. The aircraft landed at General Mitchell international airport Milwaukee, WI at 0715 cdst. The ATP rated pilot reported no injuries. The flight was a corporate flight conducted under CFR part 91 rules and visual meteorological conditions. A flight plan was filed with st. cloud, MN being the final destination. The elevator down cable was found broken privacy data omitted broken elevator down cable was severely worn and had gone undetected for some time.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEP. 15, 1997, AT 0700 CDST A BEECHCRAFT E-90, N7TD, LOST ELEVATOR CONTROL ON TAKE-OFF FROM RACINE, WI. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MILWAUKEE, WI AT 0715 CDST. THE ATP RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS A CORPORATE FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER CFR PART 91 RULES AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED WITH ST. CLOUD, MN BEING THE FINAL DESTINATION. THE ELEVATOR DOWN CABLE WAS FOUND BROKEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BROKEN ELEVATOR DOWN CABLE WAS SEVERELY WORN AND HAD GONE UNDETECTED FOR SOME TIME.