# Incident 20010831024959I: Cessna T310Q, Fairbanks, AK, August 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7516Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7516Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010831024959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY AEROMAP US INC. WAS ENROUTE FROM DEADHORSE, AK (PASC) TO MERRILL FIELD, AK (PAMR) IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION AT FL230 WHEN THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT NOTED A VIBRATION OR SHUDDER WHICH SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COULD BE FELT IN THE CONTROLS. THE VIBRATION STOPPED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO 140 KNOTS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO FAIRBANKS (PAFA) AS A PRECAUTION. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE A VERY SLIGHT ACCUMULATION OF FROST ON THE WINGS PRIOR OT THE OCCURRANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AT FAIRBANKS BY AEROMAP AND FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE (FFSA) MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE CONTROL SURFACES OR OTHER AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS. THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB WAS NOTED TO BE SLIGHTLY LOOSE BUT WITHIN TOLERANCE. AS A PRECAUTION THE BOLT ATTACHING THE TRIM TAB TO THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND FLOWN TO AEROMAP'S FACILITY AT PAMR WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS A FURTHER PRECAUTION AEROMAP MAINTENANCE HAS ELECTED TO REPLACE THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N7516Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20060705013789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060705013789I), Jul 5, 2006: Cessna T310Q (N7516Q), Juneau, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft was performing aerial mapping at 24,000 ft near Juneau when approximately 5 inches of a propeller tip separated from the right engine. The…

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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