# NTSB ENG13WA001: Beech 1900, Lyon, France, October 9, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 9, 2012, 07:40 local (07:40 UTC)
- Place: Lyon, France
- Location: 45.7260° N, 5.0901° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LFLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7260&lon=5.0901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85316
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG13WA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85316/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG13WA001

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900 (D)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: UE-103
- Engines: PRATT AND WHITNEY PT6A turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LFLL, Lyon
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LFLL, Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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