# Incident 20030223010089I: Bac AVRO146RJ85A, Romulus, MI, February 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2003, 10:47 local time
- Place: Romulus, MI
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 42.2223° N, 83.3966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Romulus, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2223&lon=-83.3966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522XJ-2007-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ85A (registry code 1500097, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-avro-146-rj85a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign LF507-1F (registry code 02503, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-lf507-1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAC AVRO146RJ85A
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,948 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030223010089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW WAITED FOR AIRCRAFT TO BE TAXIED TO GATE FROM HANGAR, ASSUMING THAT IT HAD BEEN INSIDE AND DEICED. ON THE CREW WALK-AROUND THERE WAS NO SNOW OR ICE VISIBLE. CONTROL CK WAS NORMAL ON TAKE OFF ROLL NOSE CAME OFF THE GROUND BEFORE V1 AND CONTINUED TO RISE WITH CONTROL COLUMN PUSHED FORWARD. ABORTED TAKE OFF, POST FLIGHT STILL DID NOT SHOW ICE OR SNOW FROM GROUND. ON CLOSER INSPECTION ICE WAS FOUND BETWEEN ELEVATOR AND STAB AND AILERON TO WING.

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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