- Date
- October 9, 2012, 07:40 local (07:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lyon, France
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- F-GOPEBeech 1900
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85316
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On October 09, 2012, at 9:40 am local time, a Beechcraft 1900, F-GOPE, operated by Hex'Air, experienced a elevator trim system failure after take-off at Lyon-Saint Exupery airport(LFLL), France. A post flight inspection revealed that the elevator trim forward cable had separated near the autopilot servo. The accident is being investigated by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile (BEA). As the state of design and manufacture of the airplane, the NTSB has designated a U.S. accredited representative to the BEA investigation. All inquiries should be directed to: Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile Bâtiment 153 Aéroport du Bourget 93350 Le Bourget France www.bea-fr.org
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-GOPE
- Reported as
- Beech 1900 (D)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UE-103
- Engine
- Pratt And Whitney PT6A, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- LFLL · Lyon
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LFLL · Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport