Incident · 1997-03-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-03-03
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727F (N465FE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- FEDERAL EXPRESS AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- FEDERAL EXPRESS AIRLINES
Probable cause
A jammed elevator resulting from a backed-off elevator trim tab nut.
Source: NTSB case DCA97IA030Flight 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.