# Incident 20241024015469I: Bombarier CL-600-2D24, Chicago, IL, October 24, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2024, 08:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: NZAF
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FKJZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARIER CL-600-2D24
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241024015469I

## Narrative

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

YYZ-MSP, IN CRUISE THE CREW RECEIVED AN ELEVATOR SPLIT CAUTION MESSAGE. AFTER QRH REVIEW THE CREW REQUESTED DESCENT TO FL250 OUT OF RVSM AIRSPACE SO THE AUTOPILOT COULD BE DISENGAGED. FEELING A SLIGHT ASYMMETRY IN THE ELEVATOR CONTROLS, THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO ORD.

MTC CARRIED OUT RIGGING OF RH ELEVATOR POSITION TRANSMITTER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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