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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Springfield, IL · November 27, 2002

Date: November 27, 2002 · 19:04 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CX7A
Aircraft: N302CE
Reported as: Saab 340B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total800 in this make and model150 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) The aircraft departed spi enroute to mdw. Immediately after departure the crew noticed a control problem. An emergency was declared and the flight returned to spi without incident. Inspection by CX7A maintenance crew found the connector to the trim servo partially disassembled. The mechanic made repairs and the aircraft was ferried to mdw for further inspection and returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPI ENROUTE TO MDW. IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPARTURE THE CREW NOTICED A CONTROL PROBLEM. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO SPI WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION BY CX7A MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THE CONNECTOR TO THE TRIM SERVO PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED. THE MECHANIC MADE REPAIRS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO MDW FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.