- Date
- March 17, 1983, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9356Douglas DC-9-10
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23583
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flight control system - frozenCause
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Analysis
During climb to 28,000 ft at 20,000 ft the auto-pilot disengaged and the crew reported that they could not move the control column to control pitch. The acft was operating in icing conditions at the time. The crew landed the acft by utilizing the trim control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9356
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47086
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 15,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,615 total · 7,615 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Observed at
- SLC, 45 nm away