# Incident 20140228002059I: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE, Denver, CO, February 28, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2014, 11:58 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UHLA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N644RW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 170-100 SE
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,610 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140228002059I

## Narrative

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

ON FEB. 28, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1158 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST), SHUTTLE AMERICA FLIGHT 3526, AN ERJ-170, RECEIVED AN ?AUTOPILOT FAIL? MESSAGE WHILE ON THE ANCHR ARRIVAL INTO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DENVER, COLORADO (DEN).  IN AN ATTEMPT TO HAND FLY THE AIRCRAFT THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER BOTH INDICATED THAT THE AILERON CONTROLS WERE FROZEN.  THE CAPTAIN WAS ABLE TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT USING RUDDER CONTROL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC).  THE FIRST OFFICER COMPLETED THE JAMMED AILERON EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BY PULLING THE AILERON DISCONNECT HANDLE.  AFTER PULLING THE DISCONNECT HANDLE THE FIRST OFFICER AILERON CONTROLS WERE FUNCTIONAL; HOWEVER, THE CAPTAIN CONTROLS REMAINED FROZEN.  THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DEN AND THE FIRST OFFICER LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

THE PASSENGER FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS PART 121 DOMESTIC RULES AND ORIGINATED FROM MINNIAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MSP).

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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