McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 N85AS

Summary

On 27 March 1985 at about 00:45 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 registered N85AS, operated by All Star Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Reno, Nevada, United States. 41 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 March 1985 at 00:45

Classification

Incident

Location

Reno, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

39.4800, -119.7402

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14

Registration

N85AS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

All Star Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reno → Seattle

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA85IA080

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

AFTER A GROUND TIME OF 36 MINUTES DURING RAIN/WET SNOW THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RENO. DURING THE CLIMB IN BELOW FREEZING CONDITIONS THE CREW EXPERIENCED ELEVATOR PITCH CONTROL DIFFICULTIES WHICH PERSISTED UNTIL THE DESCENT INTO SEATTLE. EXAMINATION OF THE ELEVATORS REVEALED WATER WITHIN THE INBOARD SECTION OF BOTH ASSEMBLIES AND MISSING SEALANT MATERIAL ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LEFT ELEVATOR PANEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.