- Date
- March 21, 1990, 14:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N570RCCessna Citation SII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23053
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Probable cause
Improper installation of the air conditioning unit, which resulted in an electrical short which caused separation of an elevator control cable.
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
During a descent through 14,000 feet the pilot turned the air conditioning unit on. Immediately after turning on the air conditioning unit the pilot reported uncommanded airplane excursions. The PIC analyzed the problem and landed without incident at his destination. An inspection revealed that the air conditioning unit had shorted out and severed the elevator control cable. This was the first operation of the air conditioning unit since installation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N570RC
- Reported as
- Cessna Citation SII (CITATION S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0070
- Engine
- P&W JT15D-4B, 2,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rosewood Assets, Inc.
- Departed
- ADF · Naples, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DAL · Dallas Love Field, runway 13L, 7,753 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,510 total · 1,450 in this make and model · 6,243 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- DAL