# Incident 19990113011479I: Jetair JETSTM4101, Washington, DC, January 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1999, 07:50 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N312UE-2009-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jetstream JETSTREAM 4101 (registry code 1500501, https://openairdocs.org/model/jetstream-jetstream-4101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JETAIR JETSTM4101
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990113011479I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 19L, DURING THE CLIMB OUT THE PILOTTRIED TOSET THE ELEVATOR TRIM WITH THE TRIM WHEEL, AND THE WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE IT SEEM TO BE LOCKED IN PLACE. HE THAN TRIED TO ELECTRICALLY SET THE TRIM, THE TRIM AGAIN DIDN'T RESPOND. HE THAN TRIED TO LOOSEN THE CONDITION LEVER'S FRICTION LOCK, BUT HE COULDN'T. HE THEN CALL FOR THE QRH, WHICH HAD NOTHING ON WHAT TO DO IN THIS INSTANTS, SO HE STATED HE MANAGED TO MAN HANDLE THE AIRCRFT. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE PULLED THE POWER LEVER BACK AND BUMPED THE ELCTRIC TRIM AND EVERYTHING BROKE LOOSE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N312UE (1)

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

- [Incident 19990620022999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990620022999I), Jun 20, 1999: Jetair JETSTM4101 (N312UE), Binghamton, NY. (-23) On Sunday, June 20, 1999, an atlantic coast airlines d/b/a united express, jetstream 4101, N312UE, returned to Binghamton airport after reporting a smoke…

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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