20200826016329I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LL · Seattle, WA · August 26, 2020

Date
August 26, 2020 · 21:03 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seatac
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWIA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N301SY
Reported as
Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LL
Reported engine
GE CF34-8E5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

The flight returned to sea due to pitch trim runaway. The flight landed without incident. Emergency declared. No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO SEA DUE TO PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY DECLARED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.