- Date
- March 3, 1997
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N465FEBoeing 727F
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 51095
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Probable cause
A jammed elevator resulting from a backed-off elevator trim tab nut.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
On March 3, 1997, A Federal Express Airlines Boeing 727F, N465FE, experienced a flight control malfunction while standing with engines running, at Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia.
An elevator trim tab casting nut was found backed off and jammed the elevator.
No additional information is available.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 1997, A Federal Express Airlines Boeing 727F, N465FE, experienced a flight control malfunction while standing with engines running, at Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia.
An elevator trim tab casting nut was found backed off and jammed the elevator.
No additional information is available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N465FE
- Reported as
- Boeing 727F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Federal Express Airlines
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported