NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
E145 Captain reported a runaway stabilizer trim issue resulted in a return to the departure airport.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
Aircraft suffered a stab trim runaway followed by failure of main and standby trim as indicated by EICAS messages. Crew completed stab trim runaway and stab trim failure QRC (Quick Reference Checklist) procedures. Returned to airport and [advised ATC]. Landed without incident.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Aircraft Equipment Problem
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Aircraft
- Primary Problem
- Aircraft
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.