# Incident 20031113035749I: Cessna 650, Richmond, VA, November 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DJFA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N386CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N386CW-2007-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 650 (registry code 2076802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,604 total, 1,370 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031113035749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AT 20,000 FEET, THE ELEVATOR TRIM DN ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. THE PITCH TRIM INDICATOR WAS READING +1 DEGREES (FULL NOSE DOWN). CREW DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT (FOLLOWING ABNORMAL PROCEDURE CHECKLIST), AND AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN WITH THE CONTROL YOKE IN THE FULL AFT POSITION. CREW WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE (200-300 FT./MIN. DESCENT) INITIALLY. HOWEVER, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BELOW APPROXIMATELY 9000 FT. CESSNA AIRCRAFT, ALONG WITH A CESSNA SERVICE CENTER HAVE REPLACED A SUSPECTED FAULTY HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ACTUATOR AND AUTOPILOT CONTROLLER. CESSNA AIRCRAFT WILL CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THESE PARTS WITH FAA ACO OVERSIGHT.

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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