<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1080384, April 2013

Crj-700 flight crew reported EICAS message 'elevator split' in climb. QRH directed landing at nearest suitable airport; so they returned to departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	1080384
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Elevator
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

We were climbing through 6;000 ft and got the elevator split caution message. We ran the QRH and it said to land at nearest airport [so] we chose to go back to [departure airport]. We declared an emergency and landed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 flight crew reported EICAS message 'Elevator Split' in climb. QRH directed landing at nearest suitable airport; so they returned to departure airport.

Narrative: We were climbing through 6;000 FT and got the elevator split caution message. We ran the QRH and it said to land at nearest airport [so] we chose to go back to [departure airport]. We declared an emergency and landed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.