Dec 26, 2009
Incident
Minor Dallas, TX
InjuriesNone
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 121
Probable Cause
A fatigue failure of an elevator stop bracket, which resulted in a partial jam of the elevator control. Contributing to the failure was the improper installation of shim stacks, poor alignment of the brackets, and cyclic stresses acting on the lower stop, generated by the repeated improper use of the gust lock system.
NTSB CEN10IA084