# Incident 20110408006229I: Cessna 560XL, San Antonio, TX, April 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2011, 13:20 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International Airp
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Z5FA
- Location: 29.4181° N, 92.3511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4181&lon=-92.3511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N547CS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,700 total, 2,271 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11IA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11IA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110408006229I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR 23000. AT 22OOO AN ABNORMAL FEELING IN THE CONTROLS WERE NOTICED. AT 23000 THE PITCH TRIM ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON. AFTER IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM, THE AUTOPILOT WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE FLIGHT CREW FELT AN IMMEDIATE PITCH UP WHICH WAS CONTROLED WITH ABNORMAL PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO SAT AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MECHANICS FOUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE BROKEN.

## 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 CEN11IA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11IA286), Apr 8, 2011: Cessna 560XL (N547CS), Abbeville, LA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The pitch trim control cable failed due to fatigue, rendering the elevator trim inoperative.

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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