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Incident

FAA incident report · AMD Falcon · Toledo, OH · February 16, 2000

Date
February 16, 2000 · 09:00 local
Place
Toledo, OH
Airport
Toledo Express
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GXPA
Aircraft
N182GA
Reported as
AMD Falcon
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,390 total82 in this make and model70 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.

(-23)From a discrepancy entry on aircraft flight log 1767, 2/15/00: "stabilizer went into a pitch up mode on final approach to runway 25 @ tol. Full flaps, and gear down on the ILS downward, suddenly the aircraft went into the pitch up attitude. Brought the flaps and gears up, it was sill climbing up to 6700' until I brought the power back to idle, then the airplane started performing". Corrective action entry: "inspected hrizontal stabilizer hinge and actuator and attachment. Determined aural warning (clacker) to be operating normally, also confirmed with PIC privacy data omitted. Inspected trim switches and contactors. Perfromed operational check of stabilzer and elevator control i/a/w DA-20 mm capter 27. No defects noted".

As the FAA filed it

(-23)FROM A DISCREPANCY ENTRY ON AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG 1767, 2/15/00: "STABILIZER WENT INTO A PITCH UP MODE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25 @ TOL. FULL FLAPS, AND GEAR DOWN ON THE ILS DOWNWARD, SUDDENLY THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE PITCH UP ATTITUDE. BROUGHT THE FLAPS AND GEARS UP, IT WAS SILL CLIMBING UP TO 6700' UNTIL I BROUGHT THE POWER BACK TO IDLE, THEN THE AIRPLANE STARTED PERFORMING". CORRECTIVE ACTION ENTRY: "INSPECTED HRIZONTAL STABILIZER HINGE AND ACTUATOR AND ATTACHMENT. DETERMINED AURAL WARNING (CLACKER) TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY, ALSO CONFIRMED WITH PIC ^PRIVACY DATA ^. INSPECTED TRIM SWITCHES AND CONTACTORS. PERFROMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF STABILZER AND ELEVATOR CONTROL I/A/W DA-20 MM CAPTER 27. NO DEFECTS NOTED".