20001229037789I

Incident

FAA incident report · Fokker F.28 MK 0100 · Middletown, PA · December 29, 2000

Date
December 29, 2000 · 11:50 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N861US
Reported as
Fokker F28MK0100
People aboard
94
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,400 total3,058 in this make and model104 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 reported that "going through 1000 ft AGL, aircraft pitched up to approx. 25 degrees nose up. Airspeed started bleeding off. Disconnected autopilot. After a period of time, got stab trim 1 and 2" caution lights. Aircraft was immediately retuned to the airfield and completed an uneventful precautionary landing. No injuries involved. No visible damage to equipment noted. Post incident maintenance action included : replacement of the trimstabilizer rvdt as indicated by avionics fault testing procedure. Also changed/replaced the fac, #1 fcc, and #2 fcc as a precautionary measure. Aircraft returned to service per us airways maintenance procedural guidance. Closed, no further action required.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT "GOING THROUGH 1000 FT AGL, AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP TO APPROX. 25 DEGREES NOSE UP. AIRSPEED STARTED BLEEDING OFF. DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, GOT STAB TRIM 1 AND 2" CAUTION LIGHTS. AIRCRAFT WAS IMMEDIATELY RETUNED TO THE AIRFIELD AND COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. NO INJURIES INVOLVED. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT NOTED. POST INCIDENT MAINTENANCE ACTION INCLUDED : REPLACEMENT OF THE TRIMSTABILIZER RVDT AS INDICATED BY AVIONICS FAULT TESTING PROCEDURE. ALSO CHANGED/REPLACED THE FAC, #1 FCC, AND #2 FCC AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE PER US AIRWAYS MAINTENANCE PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE. CLOSED, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

Other reports on N861US · 1

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