# Incident 20000328001919I: Dhav DHC8102, Pittsburgh, PA, March 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2000, 09:59 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N822EX-2004-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing DHC-8-102 (registry code 1386002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,766 total, 2,413 in this make and model, 262 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000328001919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 28, 2000, AT 0959E, DHC-8, S/N 187, REGISTERED AS N822EX, LANDED AT PIT AFTER THE CREW REPORTED THE ELEVATOR MANUAL TRIM HAD JAMMED IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE ELECTRIC TRIM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO OPERATE AND THE AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED.  THE CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PIT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND THAT THE MANUAL TRIM ACTUATOR HAD WATER IN THE JACK SCREW AND THAT THE MANUAL AND ELECTRIC TRIM BOTH OPERATED PROPERLY.  THE MANUAL TRIM JACK SCREW WAS LUBED PER THE MM AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  INVESTIGATION BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

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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