Incident · 2000-12-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-12-27
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB-135LR (N721HS)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Eagle Airlines Inc Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES, INC.
Probable cause
The jammed horizontal stabilizer trim that occurred during the airplane's initial climb after takeoff. Factors relating to the incident were the inadequate capability of the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator to move the stabilizer during all flight phases, and the inadequate design of the system by the manufacturer.
Source: NTSB case CHI01IA055Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.