Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Tail 
Aerotime
MARCH 28, 2025
What should have been a routine flight turned into a tragedy after a part of the tail assembly failed. The trim on the horizontal stabilizer – the rear wing of the aircraft – was not working. Then the tone indicating the movement of the horizontal stabilizer sounded. You got it?
Aerotime
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Parts that have been salvaged in the last 48 hours include the right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.
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Aerotime
APRIL 14, 2025
RELATED Hudson River helicopter crash: what we know so far and who were the victims The agency said that the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, along with the forward portion of the tail boom, the horizontal stabilizer finlets and the vertical fin, have been recovered.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 19, 2025
However, the retreating crew set off a thermite grenade in the cockpit to prevent capture, causing significant fire damage to the center section. As of now, the horizontal stabilizer is completely rebuilt, and most components of the right wing are structurally finished. It’s not a bent airframe,” Collings explained.
Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? They prove that with the right aerodynamic tricks, you dont need a tail to fly. Key Takeaways A tailless aircraft has no other horizontal surface besides its main wing. Directional (yawing) stability from the vertical stabilizer.
Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 30, 2025
A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Note the radome above the cockpit.
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
The problem is that the tail itself might be in trouble. The tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) at high Mach can also develop shocks or experience disturbed airflow from the wings. They couldn’t pull out because the tail wasn’t generating enough force in the high Mach regime.
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