# Incident 20051123032709I: Boeing 727200, Syracuse, NY, November 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2005, 06:30 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: K11A
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-200 (registry code 138407E, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051123032709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/23/2005 AT 0630 A B-727-200 OPERATED BY K11A WHILE INBOUND INTO ROC REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: "FELT STRONG SHUTTER IN AIRCRAFT, TRIM THEN RAN AWAY. AIRCRAFT SHUTTERED FOR APPROX 10-15 SECONDS. TRIM WAS THEN JAMMED. AFTER PROCEDURE THE TRIM UN-JAMMED AND THEN WAS ABLE TO OPERATED THE SYSTEM MANUALLY." BECAUSE OF WEATHER THE CREW DIVERTED FROM ROC TO SYR. AFTER PERFORMING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL CHECKS OF THE SYSTEM PER THE B-727 MAINTENANCE MANUAL 27-40-11, K11A MAINTENANCE HAD THE TRIM STICK AT 10 DEGREES NOSE UP. DURING THE TROUBLING SHOOTING MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE STAB TRIM BRAKE ASSEMBLY, THE MAIN STAB MOTOR, AND THE AUTO PILOT STAB TRIM MOTOR, HOWEVER THE TRIM WAS STILL LOCKED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE JACKSCREW ASSEMBLY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE JACKSCREW ASSEMBLY, GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND THE GIMBAL SUPPORT ARMS, ALL PER THEIR RESPECTIVE MAINTENANCE MANUALS. ON 11/29/2005 THE AIRCRAFT FLEW FROM SYR TO YIP FOR IT'S FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION FLIGHT. THE FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION FLIGHT WAS GOOD. ON 12/21/2005 AFTER CONSULTING WITH BOEING, K11A'S DOM SHIPPED THE JACKSCREW ASSEMBLY TO BOEING FOR FURTHER TESTING. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N720CK (1)

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

- [Accident 20190128016539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190128016539A), Jan 28, 2019: Boeing 727-200 (N720CK), Tuscaloosa, AL, Substantial damage. N720CK landed on runway 4 with the nose wheel up at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (ktcl). All three flight crew and one mechanic evacuated the airplane via the…

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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