# Incident 19950609015699I: Piper PA28151, Greeley, CO, June 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1995, 19:10 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4374° N, 104.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREELEY-WELD COUNTY (GXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4374&lon=-104.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4627F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4627F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 233 total, 4 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950609015699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GXY FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE COULD NOT MOVE THE ELEVATOR OR AILERON CONTROLS DURING A DESCENT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT LEVEL AND CONTACTED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WHERE HE HAD RENTED THE AIRCRAFT. HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GAVE HIM SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS TO TRY. HOWEVER, NONE WORKED AND THE FLIGHT CONTROLS REMAINED JAMMED. DUE TO DARKNESS APPROACHING, THE PILOT DECIDED HE WOULD TRY TO LAND WITH THE HELP OF THE PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE MOVED EVER SO SLIGHTLY ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE SOME SORT OF AN APPROACH, TOUCHING DOWN ON THE NLG FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED IN THE MUD.THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DAMAGE. NTSB AND PIPER WERE BOTH CONTACTED AND APPRAISED OF THE PROBLEM. PIPER CALLED BACK ON 06-13-95 AND SAID THE ONLY PLACE THEY COULD FIGURE THAT SOMETHING COULD JAM BOTH CONTROLS WOULD BE AT THE ENDS OF THE T-BAR, WHERE THE SPROCKETS ARE ATTACHED. MECHANIC INSPECTED THIS AREA FOR ANY WITNESS MARKS OR ANY OTHER IDENTIFICATION OF A PROBLEM IN THIS AREA, BUT FOUND NONE. THE COMPLETE FLOOR BOARDS WERE PULL ED FOR ADDITIONAL INSPECTION, BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED.

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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