# Incident 19980812027189I: Emb EMB120ER, Salt Lake City, UT, August 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N207SW-2005-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,300 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980812027189I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL JAMMED, NO TRAVEL PAST NEUTRAL. PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO USE RUDDER TRIM WHEEL AND YAW TO NO AVIAL. AIRCRAFAT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.

## Other reports on N207SW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951217046249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951217046249I), Dec 17, 1995: Emb EMB120ER (N207SW), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft returned to slc due to abnormal vibrations. Aircraft landed without incident. It appeared that a propeller blade, on number two engine, hit…

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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