# Incident 20040426020569I: Boeing 737232, Richmond, VA, April 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2004, 11:43 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- 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: N304DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N304DL-2011-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- People aboard: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,618 total, 227 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040426020569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT 1143 LOCAL TIME FLIGHT 0193 DEPARTED RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, VIRGINIA. ON ROTATION, THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT HORN SOUNDED (W/AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED) THROUGHOUT CLIMB OUT. FLIGHT DIRECTOR FLAGS CAME IN AND OUT OF VIEW WITH THE FMA PANEL SWITCHING IN AND OUT OF DIFFERENT MODES. FLIGHT CONTROLS BEGAN TO BIND AND FELT IF ROLL MODE WAS ENGAGED INTO CWS WITH THE AILERONS. THERE WERE NO HYDRAULIC OR CONTROL SYSTEM WARNINGS. THE CREW THEN RECEIVED AUTOPILOT ALARMS AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO RIC. DURING APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CONTROLS RETURNED TO NORMAL. AT 1216 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED OVERWEIGHT AT 105,000 LBS., AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED PER MM 05-51-291. ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS WERE CYCLED AND THE AUTOPILOT INTERLOCK CIRCUIT BREAKERS P18-1 AND P6-2 WERE PULLED AND COLLARED. THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM WAS PLACARDED INOPERATIVE PER MEL 22-00-01C. THE 28VDC WINDSHEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND POPPED. THE ITEM WAS COLLARED AND PLACARDED INOPERATIVE PER MEL 34-00-37B. AIRCRAFT N304DL HAD AN EXISTING MEL DEFERRAL PRIOR TO FLIGHT 0193, ON 04/26/2004. THE DISCREPANCY STATES: "CAPTAINS F   /D FAILS OUT OF VIEW WHEN "A" AUTOPILOT IS SELECTED. WORKS NORMALLY WITH "B". THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS DISCREPANCY WAS: "TROUBLE SHOT THE SYSTEM, REPLACED FCC, ADI, A/P ASSEMBLY, ALL NO HELP, REPLACED ALL ORIGINAL UNITS PLACARDED CAPTAINS F/D INOPERATIVE PER MEL 34-00-12A." THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION.

## Other reports on N304DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19910320012389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910320012389I), Mar 20, 1991: Boeing 737232 (N304DL), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Fire in NR2 galley oven. Fire extinguisher used to put fire out.

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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