At 0805 eastern time, the pilot of a Beech 1900D aborted takeoff of a positioning flight after maintenance due to a jammed elevator control. The two pilots were not injured and the airplane was not damaged. The maintenance performed on the aircraft required removal of the elevator trim wheel. The mechanic did not index the trim wheel before removal and reinstalled it so that when the wheel was positioned to neutral, the elevator trim was actually in a nose down position.
October 16, Albany, N.Y. / Beech 1900
At 0805 eastern time, the pilot of a Beech 1900D aborted takeoff of a positioning flight after maintenance due to a jammed elevator control. The two pilots were not injured and the airplane was not damaged. The maintenance performed on the aircraft required removal of the elevator trim wheel. The mechanic did not index the trim wheel before removal and reinstalled it so that when the wheel was positioned to neutral, the elevator trim was actually in a nose down position....
Key Takeaways:
- A Beech 1900D aborted takeoff due to a jammed elevator control during a positioning flight after maintenance.
- The cause was a mechanic incorrectly reinstalling the elevator trim wheel without proper indexing, leading to a misaligned "neutral" position that actually set a nose-down trim.
- Fortunately, the incident resulted in no injuries to the two pilots and no damage to the airplane.
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