ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349203
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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Alliance |
| Registration: | C-FHRC |
| MSN: | 209 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Dash 8-102 aircraft, registration C-FHRC, serial number 209, was making an instrument flight rules flight between Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec, and Montréal/Dorval International Airport, Quebec. During climb-out, the flight crew had been cleared to maintain an altitude of 14 000 feet above sea level (asl). During climb, the aircraft was under manual control by the first officer. At about 12 000 asl, he noticed that the elevator controls were jammed. The pilot-in-command took the aircraft's controls, also found the elevators jammed, and noted that the elevator trim was at the nose-down limit. He tried to disconnect the left and right elevators by using the pitch disconnect handle as prescribed by the aircraft's flight manual, but without success. He reset the pitch disconnect system. He then engaged the autopilot, which disengaged automatically a few seconds later. The flight crew decided to turn back to Jean Lesage Airport and requested emergency services on the scene. Elevator trim and engine power were used to control the aircraft until landing, which proceeded without further incident. While taxiing, the pilot-in-command checked the elevator controls and found them to be working normally.
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