Powered pitch trim systems, while convenient, introduce critical failure modes like uncommanded nose-down inputs that can be difficult or impossible to disable. A fatal Beech Baron accident ...

A pilot of the medical transport plane that crashed Monday reported a malfunction commonly called "trim runaway" to air-traffic controllers minutes before losing contact, according to NTSB official ...

A Dassault Falcon 7X experienced an uncommanded climb due to a trim runaway incident during descent, with pilots regaining control and landing safely after climbing 10,000 feet. Following this ...

The crew of a Cessna Citation on a mission to deliver human organs to a transplant patient told air traffic controllers they had a "runaway trim" problem shortly before the aircraft crashed into Lake ...

As a result of a runaway pitch trim that caused the single pilot of 525 Citation to ditch near Whidbey Island, Wash., the NTSB on Sept. 12 asked the FAA to require Cessna to outfit the aircraft with ...

Operators of more than 1,000 Boeing 757-200/300s have begun checking stabiliser ballscrew actuator assemblies for grease contamination which could in extreme cases cause pitch-trim runaway. Boeing, ...

Pending the latest fix, owners of aircraft affected by the potential Garmin GFC 500 runaway trim issue had to disable elevator pitch trim systems. Garmin has resolved "potential runaway pitch trim ...