# Accident 19900221005749A: Piper PA31350, Greeley, CO, February 21, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1990, 08:15 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4403° N, 104.6701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4403&lon=-104.6701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3554P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3554P-1992-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,455 total, 139 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900221005749A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT AILERON CONTROL CABLE HOOKED UP REVERSED. RESULT ACTED LIKE ELEVATORS. LOST CONTROL. NO PREFLIGHT CHECK.

## 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 DEN90FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA066), Feb 21, 1990: Piper PA-31-350 (N3554P), Greeley, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER IDENTIFICATION OF PARTS IN THE PIPER PA-31-350 SERVICE MANUAL PERTAINING TO THE AILERON CABLES. THIS DISCREPANCY RESULTED IN THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE AILERON CABLES ON THE RIGHT…

## Other reports on N3554P (1)

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

- [Accident 19890908035989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890908035989A), Sep 8, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N3554P), Monument Valley, UT, Substantial damage. Windshear on final. Struck a sand mound short of runway damaging a wing but landed safely on the runway.

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.

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