- Date
- January 4, 1985, 16:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N322BASwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33870
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After departing st Louis and reaching cruise flt the crew experienced a continual trim pitch-up which had to be relieved by a reduced airspeed. No aural indication was noted by the crew. The return to the airport was uneventful. Follow-up inspection of the trim system revealed a out of tolerance trim actuator with 355 operational hours since o-time overhaul. Normal life for a trim actuator is abt 2000 hours. This unit was certified as o-time by an FAA certified shop. A teardown inspection of the trim actuator unit revealed that the unit was not overhauled to specifications of the unit manufacturer. The trim actuator was inadequate for operation as overhauled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N322BA
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC261
- Airframe hours
- 13,923
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE3313UW303G, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- Evansville, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 6 nm away
Other investigations on N322BA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.