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| Date: | Monday 21 October 2024 |
| Time: | 08:12 UTC |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Owner/operator: | QantasLink |
| Registration: | VH-NHZ |
| MSN: | 11515 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Engine model: | Rolls Royce Ltd TAY 650-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 143.4 km 99 degrees from Geraldton, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Perth Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) |
| Paraburdoo Airport, WA (PBO/YPBO) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
QantasLink flight QF1624, a Fokker 100, was in cruise at FL 330, when the crew detected severe uncommanded pitch oscillations and received alerts for out of trim nose up followed by nose down. The crew conducted the abnormal control behaviour procedure, disconnected the autopilot, descended the aircraft to FL 230 and diverted to Geraldton for an overweight landing.
Engineers replaced the elevator servo motor no. 1.
Sources:
ATSB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-nhz#37a3a9ec
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 2002 | N1473K | American Airlines | 0 | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP) |  |
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| Wheel loss/failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Oct-2024 07:53 | ASN | Added |
| 29-Oct-2024 08:04 | ASN | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2024 08:04 | ASN | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, ] |
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