While the investigation into that tragedy continues, the case has focused on the tensioning of the elevator control cables done during the airplane’s D6 check, and the likelihood that the pilots of the overloaded and tail-heavy accident flight could not arrest the airplane’s nose-up pitch. 8 at Charlotte, NC, having jusy come out of maintenance Jan. The crash was the second of a Beech 1900D in eight months and the second where compromised pitch control was involved.Īn Air Midwest Beech 1900D crashed Jan. The Colgan Air aircraft had just come out of maintenance and was on a positioning flight from Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis, Mass., to New York’s Albany International Airport for return to revenue service. Shortly before plummeting steeply into the water, the pilots reportedly radioed a pitch trim problem. Beech 1900D twin turboprop near Yarmouth, Mass. Reversed installation of pitch trim may have resulted in the deaths of two pilots, prompting a note to operators warning that the maintenance manual was incorrect and highlighting once again the potential for deadly error on the maintenance floor.
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