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A B727-200 in cruise at FL310 diverted due to stabilizer trim and main electric trim failure cause unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 497160 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfb.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc tower : vabb.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : r763.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 497160 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 330 |
| ASRS Report | 497149 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : stap trim circuit breaker other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During cruise flight, discovered cruise stabilizer trim circuit breaker not in. Reset once. Attempted to operate cruise stabilizer trim switch. Circuit breaker tripped immediately. Left with no electrical or manual means of trimming the stabilizer. Upon approach to sfb airport, regained adequate means of trim via the manual mode. Landed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 IN CRUISE AT FL310 DIVERTED DUE TO STABILIZER TRIM AND MAIN ELECTRIC TRIM FAILURE CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Narrative: DURING CRUISE FLT, DISCOVERED CRUISE STABILIZER TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER NOT IN. RESET ONCE. ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE CRUISE STABILIZER TRIM SWITCH. CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED IMMEDIATELY. LEFT WITH NO ELECTRICAL OR MANUAL MEANS OF TRIMMING THE STABILIZER. UPON APCH TO SFB ARPT, REGAINED ADEQUATE MEANS OF TRIM VIA THE MANUAL MODE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.