Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON N827AA

Summary

On 12 December 2014 at about 03:00 local time, a Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON registered N827AA, operated by USA Jet Airlines Inc, was involved in an incident near Shreveport, Louisiana, 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

12 December 2014 at 03:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Shreveport Regional Airport (KSHV)

Coordinates

32.4333, -93.8250

Aircraft

Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON

Registration

N827AA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Operator

USA Jet Airlines Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hamilton → Shreveport

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN15IA085

Nobody was injured.

A short in the trim system’s wires and connector, which resulted in the elevator trim being in a full nose-down position.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the operator, during the visual approach, the copilot needed to use "more aft pressure than normal" while descending the airplane from 2,000 to 20 ft above ground level (agl). When the airplane was below 20 ft agl and in the landing flare, the yoke hit the aft stop. The flight crew subsequently landed the airplane without incident. After landing, the flight crew conducted a postflight examination, which revealed that the elevator trim was in the full nose-down position and that it could not be returned to the takeoff or neutral position. The flight crew pulled the circuit breaker and used the emergency trim to move the elevator trim to the takeoff position. After the trim circuit breaker was reengaged, the elevator trim moved back to the full nose-down position. Examination of the trim system found that a wire had shorted between two terminal junctions, which resulted in power at one of the terminal junctions regardless of the position of the trim switch on the captain's control. Further examination also found that the connector at another terminal junction had shorted. The wires and connectors were removed and replaced, and the trim anomaly was resolved.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.