- Date
- February 10, 1984, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 14 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2969Grumman G-73
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840210010739I
- Case key
- 31035
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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.
Analysis
The acft experienced an elevator trim loss, encountered extreme 'shaking and vibration' of control column and tail section fluttering while on descent to Palm Beach int'l arpt. Investigation revealed that the end of the actuator shaft failed at a rivet hole allowing the actuator to disconnect from the trim tab shaft assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2969
- Reported as
- Grumman G-73
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- J27
- Airframe hours
- 10,639
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-36, 750 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Chalks International Airline
- Registered owner
- Chalks International Airline
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 7, 1984 · 259 hours before
- Departed
- NAS · Nassau, OF
- Destination
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- West Palm Beach Int'L
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
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 250 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2969 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.