# NTSB Incident CHI96IA109
> **Airbus Industrie A320-211** · 1996-03-18 · DETROIT, MI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96IA109
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05372
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 1996-03-18
- **Location:** DETROIT, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.230594, -83.390922
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 110
- **Total aboard:** 110
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Airbus Industrie
- **Model:** A320-211
- **Registration:** N340NW
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

a defective diode in the number two stabilizer actuator that produced an intermittent loss of electrical motor power during transient, closed loop control of the actuator.  A factor was the intermittent open circuit in the elevator servo controller electrovalve coil.

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