Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A N110XJ

Summary

On 4 September 2002 at about 16:34 local time, a Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A registered N110XJ was involved in an incident near Detroit, Michigan, United States. 25 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 September 2002 at 16:34

Classification

Incident

Location

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.2117, -83.3483

Aircraft

Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A

Registration

N110XJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cleavland → Detroit

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02IA275

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While climbing to cruise altitude the first officer (FO) reported that turns to the left were "difficult". The flightcrew continued the climb and noticed the rudder trim had trimmed 5 units to the right. Approximately 2,000 feet prior to leveloff the pitch trim annunciator light illuminated and remained illuminated after the flightcrew completed the quick reference checklist. The flightcrew monitored the trim position indicator and manually operated the trim for the remainder of the flight. Company maintenance personnel determined a malfunctioning yaw damper was the source of the control anomaly.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.