# Incident 19970915035499I: Beech E90, Milwaukee, WI, September 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1997, 07:00 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7TD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970915035499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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