page_title: Eastwind Airlines Flight 517
hierarchical_section_title: Eastwind Airlines Flight 517
caption_attribution_description: This Boeing 737-2H5 took its first flight on September 23, 1970... 7/10/1971 Mey-Air LN-MTD 07/03/1974 Boeing LN-MTD 15/05/1974 Piedmont Airlines N754N 05/08/1989 US Air N221US 12/07/1995 Eastwind Airlines N221US
context_page_description: On June 9, 1996, while operating a passenger flight from Trenton, New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia, the crew of Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 temporarily lost control of their Boeing 737-200 due to a rudder malfunction. The crew were able to regain control and landed the aircraft successfully. One person aboard was injured.
  Flight 517 was instrumental in resolving the cause of Boeing 737 rudder issues that had previously caused two fatal crashes. Flight 517 was the first flight to experience such rudder issues and land safely, allowing investigators to interview the pilots about their experience and to study the aircraft.
context_section_description: On June 9, 1996, while operating a passenger flight from Trenton, New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia, the crew of Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 temporarily lost control of their Boeing 737-200 due to a rudder malfunction.  The crew were able to regain control and landed the aircraft successfully. One person aboard was injured.
  Flight 517 was instrumental in resolving the cause of Boeing 737 rudder issues that had previously caused two fatal crashes.  Flight 517 was the first flight to experience such rudder issues and land safely, allowing investigators to interview the pilots about their experience and to study the aircraft.
caption: N221US, the aircraft involved in the incident, two years after the incident.
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