# Incident 20051121028749I: Cessna 414A, Miami, FL, November 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9NC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9NC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051121028749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STARTED TO BUFFET DURING APPROACH TO OPA LOCKA AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB DETACHED FROM IT'S ACTUATOR ARM AND CAUSED THE ELEVATOR TO BUFFET. THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE BROKE APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD ATTACH POINT AND THE ELEVATOR COUNTER WEIGHT WAS BROKEN OFF. THE ELEVATOR WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. 4 FLIGHT HOURS EARLIER THE RIGHT ELEVATOR HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR MAINTENANCE DURING THE AIRCRAFT ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATOR ARM WAS NOT BROKEN AND TRIM TAB ATTACH POINT WAS INTACT, BUT THE ATTACH HARDWARE WAS MISSING.

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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