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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Covington, KY · February 7, 1979

Date
February 7, 1979 · 15:50 local
Place
Covington, KY
Airport
Greater Cincinnat
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
COM
Aircraft
N6642L
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79IA030
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot experienced elevator control problems. Found cable off of pulley.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED ELEVATOR CONTROL PROBLEMS. FOUND CABLE OFF OF PULLEY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N6642L · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.