# NTSB Incident SEA96IA104
> **Dornier 328** · 1996-05-29 · BILLINGS, MT, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA96IA104
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05866
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 1996-05-29
- **Location:** BILLINGS, MT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.650905, -108.379203
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 23
- **Total aboard:** 23
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Dornier
- **Model:** 328
- **Registration:** N336PH
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

paint overspray on the elevator trim actuator push rods, which damaged the actuator quad rings during normal operation and allowed water to enter the actuators; and the resultant freezing of the actuators.  Factors relating to the incident included the aircraft manufacturer's failure to adequately protect the actuators from overspray during aircraft painting, insufficiently defined maintenance procedures by the aircraft manufacturer, and low temperatures at cruising altitude.

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