# Incident 20130122001499I: Boeing 757-24APF, Louisville, KY, January 22, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N427UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-24APF (registry code 1384969, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-24apf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-24APF
- Reported engine: P & W PW2040
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,346 total, 2,782 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130122001499I

## Narrative

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

SHORT FINAL AT 2000 WITH AIRCRAFT FULLY CONFIGURED FLYING VISUAL APPROACH WITH AUTO THROTTLES ON, AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY PITCHED UP AND TRIM SEEMED TO RUNAWAY.  WHILE PITCHING UP, BOTH PILOTS GRABBED CONTROL YOKE AND EXERTED POSITIVE FORCE ON THE YOKE AND TRIED TO TRIM NOSE DOWN WITHOUT EFFECT.  AIRCRAFT GAINED 1000 FEET AND SEEMED TO STABILIZE.  DECLARED EMERGENCY

## Other reports on N427UP (1)

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

- [Incident 19960806030339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960806030339I), Aug 6, 1996: Boeing 75724APF (N427UP), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Narrative: during a maintenance procedure, a counter-balance weight was loaded on this aircraft. The counter-balance was not removed after the maintenance was…

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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