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Commercial fixed wing captain reported aircraft slow to rotate and surmised that aircraft was rigged improperly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1699891 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Elevator Trim System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During takeoff and rotation speed of 102 kts; my first officer went to rotate and it took full elevator and a higher rotation speed to get the aircraft airborne. The plane was within cg limits and proper fuel load. And under gross weight for takeoff. The elevator trim had recently been worked on and it appeared to us that the aircraft was out of rig with too much aft trim and not enough forward trim available. At higher speed the aircraft flew normally and we continued to ZZZ1 upon landing we notified the operations and maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Commercial Fixed Wing Captain reported aircraft slow to rotate and surmised that aircraft was rigged improperly.
Narrative: During takeoff and rotation speed of 102 kts; my First Officer went to rotate and it took full elevator and a higher rotation speed to get the aircraft airborne. The plane was within CG limits and proper fuel load. And under gross weight for takeoff. The elevator trim had recently been worked on and it appeared to us that the aircraft was out of rig with too much aft trim and NOT ENOUGH forward trim available. At higher speed the aircraft flew normally and we continued to ZZZ1 upon landing we notified the Operations and maintenance.
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.