What happened
On October 09, 2012, at 9:40 am local time, a Beechcraft 1900, registration F-GOPE, operated by Hex'Air, encountered an elevator trim system failure following takeoff from Lyon-Saint Exupery airport (LFLL) in France.
The investigation
A post-flight inspection of the aircraft determined that the elevator trim forward cable had separated in the vicinity of the autopilot servo.