# Incident 20031115030069I: Beech 400A, Van Nuys, CA, November 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2003, 11:19 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DJFA
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709TA-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 400A (registry code 1155402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,460 total, 1,360 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115030069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT CALL SIGN OPT 709 REPORTED FUEL TRANSFER PROBLEMS AS WELL AS RUDDER AND TRIM PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO VNY AND LANDED SAFELY RWY 16R. FROM DISCREPANCY REPORT, PILOT REPORTED THAT "ON TAKEOFF NEAR V1, STARTED HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY KEEPING AIRCRAFT ON RWY CENTERLINE. AFTER T/O, DEVELOPED 300 LB FUEL IMBALANCE (HVY ON RT SIDE). TRIED RUDDER TRIM W/O EFFECT. WAS ABLE TO REBALANCE FUEL. AFTER LANDING, DISCOVERED RUDDER TRIM WAS POSITIONED FULL TO LEFT. WAS NOW ABLE TO RE-TRIM RUDDER TAB, BUT GAUGE IS INOP." MAINTENANCE FACILITY IDENTIFIED BROKEN SHIELDING AT THE RUDDER TRIM INDICATOR GAUGE AND CORRECTED SAME. ALL OTHER WRITE-UPS WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS.

## Other reports on N709TA (3)

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

- [Incident 20041119031769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041119031769I), Nov 19, 2004: Beech 400A (N709TA), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) During takeoff, climb and taxi back, the hydraulic pressure spiked to over 2000 PSI. Landed back at msp with no incident. General dynamics replaced both…
- [Incident 20001108024319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001108024319I), Nov 8, 2000: Beech 400A (N709TA), Rochester, MN. (-23) KSS709, a BE-400-A, enroute from fairfield IA (ffl) to minneapolis, MN (msp), diverted to Rochester, MN (rst), due to smoke in the cockpit. The a/c…
- [Incident 19990916035459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990916035459I), Sep 16, 1999: Beech 400A (N709TA), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On 9/16/99, N709TA, a Beech jet 400, operated by Raytheon travel, departed from ytz enroute to bos. While enroute, one of the passengers reported smoke…

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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