- Date
- January 26, 1988, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 14 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N818BEBeech 1900C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880126071409I
- Case key
- 36019
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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 Beech 1900C took off on a scheduled commuter flt. When attempting to level the aircraft at 5000 ft, the co-pilot was unable to push the control wheel forward FAR enough to level off. By reducing power, the crew was able to compensate. The crew subsequently returned for a normal landing and all occupants deplanned normally. Examination of the aircraft disclosed that a shop rag had become jammed in the elevator control pulley under the pilots seat. The aircraft had been operated for 21 hours since the last inspection where the floor plates in the cockpit were opened.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818BE
- Reported as
- Beech 1900C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UB-61
- Airframe hours
- 27,900
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-65B, 1,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Business Express
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Leasing & Financial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 23, 1988 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- BDL · Windsor Locks, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.