Back خطوط رياح الشرق الجوية الرحلة 517 Arabic Let Eastwind Airlines 517 Czech Vuelo 517 de Eastwind Airlines Spanish Vol Eastwind Airlines 517 French Voo 517 de Eastwind Airlines Galician Volo Eastwind Airlines 517 Italian イーストウインド航空517便急傾斜事故 Japanese Eastwind Airlines-vlucht 517 Dutch Incydent lotu Eastwind Airlines 517 Polish Voo Eastwind Airlines 517 Portuguese
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 N221US, the aircraft involved in the incident, ten months before the incident occurred | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 9, 1996 |
| Summary | Uncommanded rudder hardover[1] |
| Site | Richmond International Airport, Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2H5[a] |
| Operator | Eastwind Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | W9517 |
| ICAO flight No. | SGR517 |
| Call sign | STINGER 517 |
| Registration | N221US |
| Flight origin | Trenton-Mercer Airport |
| Destination | Richmond International Airport |
| Occupants | 53 |
| Passengers | 48 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 53 |
On June 9, 1996, while operating a passenger flight from Trenton, New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia, the crew of Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 temporarily lost control of their Boeing 737-200 because of a rudder malfunction. The crew were able to regain control and land the aircraft successfully. All 53 occupants on board the 737-200 survived with no injuries.
Flight 517 was instrumental in resolving the cause of Boeing 737 rudder issues that had caused two previous fatal crashes because it was the first flight to experience such rudder issues and land safely, allowing investigators to interview the pilots about their experience and to study the aircraft.
- ^ Aircraft Accident Report - Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, USAir Flight 427, Boeing 737-300, N513AU, Near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994 (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. March 24, 1999. NTSB/AAR-99-01. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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