# Incident 20160107000349I: Cessna 560XL, St. Paul, MN, January 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: St. Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9346° N, 93.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FLD (STP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9346&lon=-93.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,765 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160107000349I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO PILOTS WHILE ON CLIMBOUT FOLLOWING DEPARTURE FROM STP, AIRCRAFT PITCHED VERY HIGH NOSE UP.  EXCESSIVE FORWARD FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN PITCH CONTROL BY PUSHING CONTROL YOKE ALL THE WAY TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  PITCH TRIM WAS ROLLED IN UNTIL IT STOPPED.  INDICATOR WAS INDICATING FULL FORWARD TRIM.  AS FLAPS WERE BROUGHT UP THE AIRCRAFT WAS MORE CONTROLLABLE BUT STILL REQUIRED SOME FORWARD PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN DESIRED PITCH.  PILOTS DECIDED TO RETURN TO STP AND LANDED WITH 15 DEGREES OF FLAPS INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL FULL FLAPS.  AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE PITCH TRIM CONTROL WHEEL HAD BROKEN CAUSING AN ERRONEOUS INDICATION AND LIMITING TRAVEL OF THE PITCH TRIM.

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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