US investigators have determined that an Embraer 175 pitch-trim switch, inadvertently fitted upside-down, resulted in the crew’s experienced a serious flight-control incident on departure from ...

Post-incident investigation of an Embraer E175 found imprints in silicon around the captain’s trim switch, revealing the switch had inadvertently been reinstalled in an inverted position. Credit ...

Evaluating pitch stability, stick force gradients, and pitch-up warnings in stall testing to ensure safe handling at high ...

These wires connected the horizontal stabilizer’s control electronics to the captain’s pitch trim switch and autopilot/trim disconnect button on the Embraer E175. After chafed wires were found ...

The PIC reported that preceding the rapid pitch event, the autopilot was on, and he expected that once the stabilizer trim switch was turned off, the autopilot would disconnect, which it did. No ...