Incident · 2007-12-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-12-17
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- EMBRAER 145 (N272SK)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Chautauqua Airlines
Probable cause
the failure of the elevator control rods due to exposure to high winds while the aircraft was parked overnight. Contributing to this incident was the failure of the existing airworthiness directive to adequately detect this discrepancy given the known deficiency with the mechanical gust lock design.
Source: NTSB case DCA08IA019Flight 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.