Beechcraft 1900D N136MJ
2 August 2005 · Rockland, Maine, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 August 2005 at about 21:09 local time, a Beechcraft 1900D registered N136MJ, operated by Colgan Air. Inc, was involved in an incident near Rockland, Maine, United States. 9 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:09
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Rockland, Maine, United States
- Nearest airport
- Knox County Regional Airport (RKD)
- Coordinates
- 44.0603, -69.0992
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 1900D
- Registration
- N136MJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Colgan Air. Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rockland → Augusta
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC05IA128
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Probable cause
A loose elevator attachment, which resulted in a partial elevator binding during takeoff and uncommanded elevator movement during cruise.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the takeoff rotation, the captain pulled the yoke with both hands, but it did not move. The captain then pulled significantly harder, and the yoke moved quickly aft. The airplane jumped into the air, but the captain was able to maintain controlled flight, and continue to the destination airport. During cruise flight, everything was normal except that the elevator trim moved slowly nose up, which required an input of 1/2-unit nose down trim every 1 to 2 minutes. Subsequent examination of the airplane revealed that the left elevator could be moved around by hand. Further examination revealed that seven rivets were loose, and one rivet was missing in the vicinity of the left side elevator outer hinge-point attach bracket. Ground tests were unable to duplicate the elevator anomaly as reported by the captain. However, a fleet inspection of the operator's aircraft revealed that five of the eleven airplanes had loose rivets on the elevator hinge-point attach brackets. In addition, fleet inspections of other operators' same make and model aircraft revealed that some of the airplanes had loose rivets on the elevator hinge-point attach brackets. The suspect rivets and elevator were replaced on the incident airplane, and the anomaly did not reoccur.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 1900 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan 2005 | Beechcraft 1900D | Denver, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 2005 | Beechcraft 1900D | Telluride, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 2005 | Beechcraft 1900D | Grand Junction, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Oct 2005 | Beechcraft 1900D | Ogdensburg, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 2004 | Beechcraft 1900D | Manhattan, Kansas, United States | Air Midwest Airlines Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 2004 | Beechcraft 1900D | Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 2005 | Cessna C-172G | Eustis, Maine, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2005 | Beechcraft BE-390 | Rockland, Maine, United States | J.I. Kislak Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Sep 2005 | Piper PA-46-500TP | Rangeley, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 2005 | Cessna 150F | China, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 May 2005 | Piper PA-28-180 | Portland, Maine, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2005 | Cessna 172C | Winthrop, Maine, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |