# Incident 20000218001479I: Dhav DHC8202, Pasco, WA, February 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2000, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352PH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8202
- Reported engine: PWA PW123D
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000218001479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS HOLDING RIGHT AILERON ON T.O. DUE TO CROSSWIND.  AS AIRSPEED INCREASED HE TRIED TO DECREASE AILERON DEFLECTION BUT FELT RESISTANCE GOING BACK TO THE LEFT.  TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE.  PASCO MAINT FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE ON THE LEFT SPOILER QUADRANT.  A BRACKET WHICH SUPPORTS A MICROSWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE MAKING CONTACT WITH AN ACCESS PANEL.  THE BRACKET WAS INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN AT SOME POINT IN TIME.  AS THE BRACKET MOVES WITH THE SPOILER QUADRANT, RESISTANCE WAS NOTICED BY THE PILOT WHEN THE BRACKET TOUCHED THE ACCESS PANEL.  PASCO MAINT REPOSITIONED THE BRACKET TO PRECLUDE CONTACT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.

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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