Beechcraft 200 N205SG

Summary

On 9 February 1982 at about 13:00 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N205SG, operated by South Central Bell Telephone, was involved in an incident near Birmingham, Alabama, United States. 10 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 February 1982 at 13:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Birmingham Muni

Coordinates

33.5103, -86.7406

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N205SG

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

South Central Bell Telephone

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Birmingham → Jackson

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82IA051

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE CLIMBING THRU 500 FT AGL ON TAKEOFF, THE MANUAL PITCH TRIM STRUCK AT 1 OR 2 UNITS NOSE UP. USE OF THE THREE TRIM DISCONNECT SWITCHES DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. ABOUT 30 SECS LATER, THE PITCH TRIM RAN AWAY NOSE UP AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE PITCH TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED. MANUAL TRIM REMAINED INOP. THE PROBLEM CLEARED UP 2 OR 3 MINS LATER. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED EVIDENCE OF THE MANUAL PITCH TRIM CHAIN BINDING ON A STRINGER IN THE PEDESTAL. NO OTHER MALFUNCTIONS WERE IDENTIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HISTORY OF MALFUNCTIONING MANUAL PITCH TRIM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.