ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369193
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 February 1989 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: | Beechcraft 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Evans Air |
| Registration: | N123D |
| MSN: | BB-1219 |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Burlington, VT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bedford, MA (KBED) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE CHARTER CAPTIAN EXPERIENCED RESTRICTED MOVEMENT TO THE ELEVATOR DURING CLIMBOUT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT OF ORIGIN. THE PILOT FOUND SNOW AND SLUSH BRUSHED INTO THE OPENINGS FOR THE ELEVATOR HINGE ASSEMBLY AND SUSPECTED THAT THIS TRAPPED MOISTURE FROZE TO THE HINGE CAUSING THE RESTRICTION. THE PILOT SAID THAT THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY WET WING SURFACES, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE INTO THE OPENINGS ON TOP OF THE ELEVATOR.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER PREFLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN A FROZEN ELEVATOR SURFACE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC89IA084
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 11:50 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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