# Incident 20050802017969I: Beech 1900D, Augusta, ME, August 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2005, 17:05 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: Augusta Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 44.0603° N, 69.0992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0603&lon=-69.0992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N136MJ-2008-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,151 total, 1,151 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05IA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050802017969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING GENERAL SURVEILLANCE AT AUGUSTA AIRPORT THIS INSPECTOR OBSERVED AIRCRAFT N136MJ PARKED ON RAMP BY LOCAL FBO, MAINE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT HAD LEFT ELEVATOR REMOVED. INQUIRED WITH STATION PERSONNEL AND WAS INFORMED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD AN ELEVATOR PROBLEM AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE WAS PRESENTLY WORKING THE PROBLEM. THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH COLGAN TECH SUPPORT MECHANIC WHO WAS IN FROM MONASIS. MECHANIC INFORMED THIS INSPECTOR THAT ELEVATOR BEARING FROM SUPPORT BLOCK (BEARING BLOCK/MOUNT BRACKET) HAD WORKED LOOSE. MECHANIC STATED THAT MOST OF THE RIVETS THAT SECURE THE L.H. ELEVATOR OUTSIDE MOUNT BLOCK HAD COME LOOSE. LOG BOOK WRITE UP FROM CREW STATES "AT ROTATION SPEED (100KIAS), CONTROL COLUMN WAS TEMPORARILY STUCK UNTIL EXTREME BACK PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. CONTROL COLUMN THEN MOVED RAPIDLY AFT AND AIRCRAFT JUMPED OFF RUNWAY. IN FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR TRIM VERY SLOWLY MOVED TO NOSE UP, REQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 1/2 UNIT CHANGE NOSE DOWN EVERY 1-2 MINUTES. FLIGHT CONTROLS DON'T SEEM TO BIND ON SUBSEQUENT GROUND CHECKS." MECHANIC STATED TO THIS INSPECTOR THAT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ENROUTE FROM ROCKLAND, MAINE TO AUGUSTA, MAINE. PER THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOG, AIRCRAF MAINTENANCE FOUND A WORN OUTBOARD ATTACH POINT. MECHANIC INFORMED THIS INSPECTOR THAT COLGAN MAINTENANCE HAD REMOVED THE ELEVATOR AND MOVED IT TO THEIR HYANNIS MAINTENANCE BASE IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INSPECTOR NOTIFIED OFFICE MANAGER AND AIRWORTHINESS SUPERVISOR OF ELEVATOR SITUATION AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED NTSB. NTSB REPRESENTATIVE ^PRIVACY DAT^ NOTIFIED AND COPIES OF LOG PAGES FAXED TO REPRESENTATIVE ^PRIVA^ THIS INSPECTOR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT COLGAN PMI AND WAS INFORMED ALL OF COLGAN AIRWORTHINESS PERSONNEL WERE OUT OF THEIR OFFICE. THIS INSPECTOR THEN SPOKE WITH COLGAN POI OF THIS SITUATION. POI STATED HE WOULD NOTIFY PMI OF ELEVATOR SITUATION. THIS INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED THAT THE NTSB IS CALLING THIS SITUATION AN INCIDENT AND THAT AN NTSB INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE PLACE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC05IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05IA128), Aug 2, 2005: Beech 1900D (N136MJ), Rockland, ME, incident, no damage. Probable cause: A loose elevator attachment, which resulted in a partial elevator binding during takeoff and uncommanded elevator movement during cruise.

## Other reports on N136MJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20070527014399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070527014399I), May 27, 2007: Beech 1900D (N136MJ), Lebanon, NH, No damage. (-23) This office notified by new england region operations center that: "colgan 4833, BE1900, laguardia, NY to Lebanon, NH shutdown the right engine for low…

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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