# Incident 19790207004919I: Piper PA31, Covington, KY, February 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1979, 15:50 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Greater Cincinnat
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COM
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6642L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6642L-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79IA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790207004919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79IA030), Feb 7, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N6642L), Cincinnati, OH, incident, no damage

## Other reports on N6642L (2)

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

- [Accident 19791008037629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008037629A), Oct 8, 1979: Piper PA31 (N6642L), Covington, KY, Destroyed, 7 fatal. Lost right engine on takeoff. Failed to clean up airplane & maintain speed. Overgross wt. Aft CG. Airplane stalled.
- [Incident 19780427013859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780427013859I), Apr 27, 1978: Piper PA31 (N6642L), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Engine cowling separated from engine in flight.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.