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Incident

FAA incident report · AMD Falcon · Louisville, KY · March 7, 2000

Date
March 7, 2000 · 22:00 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Louisville International Apt
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GXPA
Aircraft
N617GA
Reported as
AMD Falcon
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,114 total1,331 in this make and model296 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)Pilot discrepancy report on gxpa flight log #458: "elevator travel on yoke from neutral to all the way back to the stops is 1/2 the distance ot other falcons in the fleet. It is twice the distance form neutral to full foward against stops. You occasionally run out of elevator on landings with vref +20KTS." Corrective action: rigger elevator & controls to achieve full travel. Pilot discrepancy report on gxpa flight log#459: "check elevator trim. Ran out of trim in cruise flight and during landing vref +19KTS." Corrective action: "remove and replace bellcrank assy, p/n 20273-19-15, adjusted artificial feel unit, check good."

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT DISCREPANCY REPORT ON GXPA FLIGHT LOG #458: "ELEVATOR TRAVEL ON YOKE FROM NEUTRAL TO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE STOPS IS 1/2 THE DISTANCE OT OTHER FALCONS IN THE FLEET. IT IS TWICE THE DISTANCE FORM NEUTRAL TO FULL FOWARD AGAINST STOPS. YOU OCCASIONALLY RUN OUT OF ELEVATOR ON LANDINGS WITH VREF +20KTS." CORRECTIVE ACTION: RIGGER ELEVATOR & CONTROLS TO ACHIEVE FULL TRAVEL. PILOT DISCREPANCY REPORT ON GXPA FLIGHT LOG#459: "CHECK ELEVATOR TRIM. RAN OUT OF TRIM IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND DURING LANDING VREF +19KTS." CORRECTIVE ACTION: "REMOVE AND REPLACE BELLCRANK ASSY, P/N 20273-19-15, ADJUSTED ARTIFICIAL FEEL UNIT, CHECK GOOD."

Other reports on N617GA · 2

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