# Incident 20000302000809I: Piper PA32R301, Erie, PA, March 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84500, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000302000809I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 3, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 0750E, A REGISTERED PA-32, N84500, RETURNED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 DUE TO A TRIM PROBLEM. THE TRIM CABLE WAS NEW AND STILL STIFF AND HAD COME OFF OF THE TRIM DRUM. THE TRIM CABLE WAS REINSTALLED ON THE DRUM AND WORKED BACK AND FORTH TO REMOVE THE STIFFNESS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT REPAIRES WERE MADE BY NORTH COAST AIR AND TESTED OK AFTER THE REPAIR.

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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