Beech 1900 captain reported a malfunctioning horizontal stabilizer trim on take-off.

Attributes
ACN	1653714
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Horizontal Stabilizer Trim
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During initial climb after takeoff at ZZZ; when the elevator trim was used; the trim moved in the opposite direction from selected. So; trimming up with the trim switches made the nose of the aircraft move down; and trimming down with trim switches made the nose of the aircraft move up. The pilot shut off the trim system; and used the hand trim wheel and landed back at ZZZ airport without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Beech 1900 Captain reported a malfunctioning horizontal stabilizer trim on take-off.

Narrative: During initial climb after takeoff at ZZZ; when the elevator trim was used; the trim moved in the opposite direction from selected. So; trimming up with the trim switches made the nose of the aircraft move down; and trimming down with trim switches made the nose of the aircraft move up. The pilot shut off the trim system; and used the hand trim wheel and landed back at ZZZ airport without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.