# Incident 20071217831309I: Emb EMB145LR, New York, NY, December 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 40.6501° N, 73.7903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6501&lon=-73.7903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272SK-2018-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,160 total, 1,922 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA08IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08IA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071217831309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED HIGH GUST WINDS FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY HOURS PRIOR TO TAKEOFF WHILE PARKED WITH GUST LOCKS REPORTED TO BE ENGAGED WHILE RON AT JFK. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO EXISTING DAMAGE TO THE ELEVATOR ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. THE CREW ALSO REPORTED THAT THE GUST LOCK WAS ENGAGED UPON ENTRY INTO THE FLIGHT DECK AND THAT ALL WAS NORMAL WHILE GETTING INTO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL UNTIL AFT PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE YOKE WHEN THE CREW NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ELEVATOR INPUTS. PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED FOR AN ABORTED TAKEOFF, RETURNING TO THE GATE WITHOUT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND COMMENCING NORMAL DEPLANING OF PASSENGERS. MAINTENANCE CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION AND UPON POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR WAS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY TO INPUT COMMANDS WHILE THE LEFT APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE DAMAGE TO THE FAIRING CUTOUT AREA WAS OBSERVED. AFTER REMOVING THE FAIRING BOTH ELEVATOR CONTROL TUBES WERE FOUND BROKEN ALONG WTIH BROKEN DAMAGED STOP FITTINGS, ELEVATOR SKIN DAMAGE ON THE LOWER SURFACE. CVR/FDR PULLED AND PROVIDED TO NTSB ALONG WITH BROKEN PARTS.

## 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 DCA08IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08IA019), Dec 17, 2007: Embraer 145 (N272SK), Jamaica, NY, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the failure of the elevator control rods due to exposure to high winds while the aircraft was parked overnight. Contributing to this incident was the failure of the existing airworthiness directive…

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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