# Incident 20040319011909I: Braero HAWKER1000, West Palm Beach, FL, March 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2004, 17:06 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550QS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRAERO HAWKER1000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 3,292 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040319011909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 19, 2004 AT ABOUT 1706 EST CALL SIGN EXECJET 550, A RAYTHEON HAWKER 1000 SERIAL NUMBER 259050 N550QS OPERATED BY NETJETS AVIATION, INC. (DXTA), ENROUTE FROM PBI TO MONTGOMERY, AL NOTIFIED ATC THAT THEY WERE RETURNING TO PBI DUE TO A CONTROL PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PBI AT ABOUT 1724EST WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT ENTERED INTO THE FLIGHT LOG THE FOLLOWING. "CLIMBING THROUGH APPROX. FL280, WE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE LONGITUDINAL OSCILLATION. THE YOKE OSCILLATED LEFT AND RIGHT RAPIDLY AND THE WINGS WERE FLEXING 4 TO 6 INCHES, DISCONNECTED AUTO-PILOT WITH NO POSITIVE AFFECT, IMPROVED AS WE SLOWED FROM 275 (APPROX) TO 250-550KT. A RAYTHEON-HOUSTON TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ON MARCH 20, 2004 AND FOUND CHAFE TAPE COMING LOOSE ON THE RIGHT WING LENS TIP AND NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FROM PBI TO TPA ON MARCH 21, 2004 AND THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE BY THE CREW, "CLIMBING THROUGH FL290 WE EXPERIENCED MILD TO OCCASIONAL YOKE OSCILLATION LEFT AND RIGHT, ALSO VISUALLY CHECKED AILERONS RIGHT SIDE WAS FLUTTERING MILDLY, THIS WAS NOT APPARENT IN CRUISE OR DESCENT. RE-INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT RAYTHEON-TAMPA FOUND 3 (2 ON THE RIGHT AND 1 ON THE LEFT) AILERON HINGE BUSHINGS WERE NOT INSTALLED AT THE PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE AT RAYTHEON-LITTLE ROCK. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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