Beechcraft 1900D N850CA

Summary

On 16 October 2003 at about 12:05 local time, a Beechcraft 1900D registered N850CA was involved in an incident near Albany, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 October 2003 at 12:05

Classification

Incident

Location

Albany, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Albany International Airport (ALB)

Coordinates

42.7481, -73.8028

Aircraft

Beechcraft 1900D

Registration

N850CA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albany → White Plains

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC04IA010

Nobody was injured.

The maintenance technician's improper maintenance performed on the airplane, and his failure to perform a functional check, which resulted in a restricted movement of the elevator trim wheel. Factors were the captain's inadequate preflight inspection, and insufficient information in the manufacturer's maintenance manual.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the takeoff roll, the flightcrew was unable to rotate the airplane, and the takeoff was aborted uneventfully. Examination of the airplane revealed that when the elevator trim wheel in the cockpit was positioned to neutral, the elevator trim was actually in the full nose-down position. The elevator trim wheel could not be physically moved lower than 3 units of nose up trim. The incident flight was the first flight after maintenance, in which the elevator trim wheel was removed and reinstalled. The maintenance technician did not index the trim wheel when he removed it, and reinstalled the trim wheel incorrectly. In addition, the maintenance did not contain a procedure to remove and reinstall the elevator trim wheel. Following the maintenance, no functional check of the elevator trim system was performed. When the captain performed a preflight inspection of the airplane, he did not set the elevator trim wheel to the setting prescribed on the preflight checklist, and he failed to detect the error.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.