# Incident 20160108000079I: Embraer EMB-145, Minneapolis, MN, January 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2016, 02:42 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BUEA
- Location: 44.8820° N, 93.2218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN (MSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8820&lon=-93.2218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N459AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N459AD-2023-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145EP (registry code 3260221, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P (registry code 54571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007A1P
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160108000079I

## Narrative

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

01-08-2016 AERODYNAMICS FLIGHT DYN459 WAS CLIMBING OUT FROM MSP THROUGH FL230 WHEN THE CREW RECEIVED A PITCH TRIM WARNING FOLLOWED BY EICAS MESSAGES (WARNING) "PTRIM MAIN INOP", (WARNING) "PTRIM BACK-UP INOP", (CAUTION) "PTRIM F/O SWITCH FAIL", AND THE AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. CREW CONFIRMED LOSS OF PITCH TRIM AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MSP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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