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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna S550 · Tampa, FL · October 4, 2014

Date: October 4, 2014 · 08:36 local
Place: Tampa, FL
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: FBVA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N550AJ
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA15IA008
Reported as: Cessna S550
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport

N550AJRegistered now · Cessna S550S/N S550-0141 · Built 1987 Airframe modelCessna S550 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A pitch trim failure became apparent to the crew after the flaps were retracted. The crew disconnected the pitch trim and pulled the c/b to no avail. The flight crew declared an emergency, slowed the aircraft , extended the flaps and gear and executed a normal landing on 19R at tpa.

As the FAA filed it

A PITCH TRIM FAILURE BECAME APPARENT TO THE CREW AFTER THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. THE CREW DISCONNECTED THE PITCH TRIM AND PULLED THE C/B TO NO AVAIL. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT , EXTENDED THE FLAPS AND GEAR AND EXECUTED A NORMAL LANDING ON 19R AT TPA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA15IA008Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportTampa, FLThe lack of flat roller bearings in the two elevator trim tab actuators and maintenance personnel’s inadequate lubrication of the left elevator trim tab actuator, both of which resulted in the overstress fracture of the left internal screw and subsequent…Oct 4, 2014 · No damage