Swearingen SA226TC N322BA

Summary

On 4 January 1985 at about 22:10 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N322BA, operated by Britt Airways, was involved in an incident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 January 1985 at 22:10

Classification

Incident

Location

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.6302, -90.1893

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226TC

Registration

N322BA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Britt Airways

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Louis → Evansville

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85IA045

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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.