Credit: NTSB Recent incidents and accidents involving failures in aircraft pitch trim systems resulted in forces on the yoke that exceeded the combined physical strength of the two flight crew ...

Pilots of a Garuda Indonesia ATR 72-600 applied dual pitch inputs just before the turboprop touched down on its nose-gear at Ende, bounced to the left, and touched down again on the runway ...

US investigators have discovered chafed horizontal stabiliser control wiring on an American Eagle Embraer 175 involved in a serious mis-trim and pitch-control incident on departure from Atlanta.

ATR and Virgin Australia are taking actions to ... spot issues in the relatively rare cases when the aircraft’s pitch-control system separates pilot and copilot inputs. The changes are the ...

"We continue to liaise closely with the relevant regulatory bodies and the aircraft manufacturer in relation to the ongoing investigation into the ATR's pitch disconnect mechanism," the spokesman ...

With the loss of an effective trim system, the aircraft abruptly pitched up with as much force as 17 Gs, which caused the pilot to black out. (After the pitch up, the trim tab separated from the ...