# Incident 20200908014049I: Rockwell International 690A, Pocatello, ID, September 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2020, 15:40 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: V8ZA
- Location: 42.8713° N, 112.4455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pocatello, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8713&lon=-112.4455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N112EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690A (registry code 7630515, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690A
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-10T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,908 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200908014049I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OUT OF ITS CHOCKS AND THE RUDDER GUST LOCK WAS DISLODGED AFTER A NIGHT OF SEVERE WINDS AT POCATELLO REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE PIC HAD MAINTENANCE PERSONELL INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT FOR WIND DAMAGE AND, FINDING NO APPARENT DAMAGE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED ON A 14 CFR § 91 FIRE FIGHTING MISSION WITH THE PIC AND AIR ATTACK MISSION CONTROLLER ON BOARD. ONCE AIRBORNE AND CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 700' AGL, THE PIC NOTED A COMPLETE LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND, USING DIFFERENTIAL ENGINE POWER FOR YAW CONTROL, RETURNED TO LAND UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER INSPECTION AND TEAR-DOWN, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED ALL OF THE RIVETS SECURING THE RUDDER CONTROL TORQUE TUBE TO THE MOUNTING COLLAR HAD BEEN SHEARED IN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S WIND STORM.

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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