# Incident 20020312009109I: Cndair CL6002B19, Omaha, NE, March 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2002, 10:55 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 41.2586° N, 95.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Omaha, NE, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2586&lon=-95.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8580A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8580A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020312009109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N8580A, CL600, BEING OPERATED BY EXPRESS AIRLINES I, INC, DBA AS NORTHWEST AIRLINE FLIGHT 5686, DEPARTED OMAHA, NE ENROUTE TO DETROIT, MI. DURING CLIMB THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO OMAHA DUE TO TRIM PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. THE CREW TOLD COMPANY PERSONNEL THAT THE STABILATOR TRIM INOPERATIVE WARNING HAD ACTIVATED AND THEY RETURNED. FOLLOWING COMPANY PROCEDURES THE CREW PERFORMED THE CHECKLIST FOR STABILATOR TRIM INOP, INCLUDING SHUT DOWN AND START-UP OF THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. THERE WERE NO DISCREPANCIES. THE CREW DEPARTED. ENROUTE THE CREW EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY LANDED SAFELY AT THEIR DESTINATION. AT DETROIT COMPANY MECHANICS REPLACED THE TRIM ACTUATOR AND MOTOR CONTROL UNIT.

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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