19960401005729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Plymouth, MA · April 1, 1996

Date
April 1, 1996 · 09:00 local
Place
Plymouth, MA
Airport
Plymouth Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6656G
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,854 total1,200 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: the purpose of this flight was a post annual inspection flight. During preflight inspection, control integrity and freedom of movement were checked. Pilot did not recall checking for correct direction of movement of aileron. Pilot reported runup was normal, as was takeoff until just after lifting tailwheel. A slight wind gust lowered the right wing, aileron correction aggravated the problem. At this point the pilot aborted the takeoff. The right wing struck the ground, the aircraft veered and the landing gear failed, causing the prop to strike the ground. After stopping, the pilot reported he shut off the fuel and all the switches. Upon further investigation by an operations and a maintenance inspector, it was determined the ailerons were cross rigged during aileron cable replacement during the annual inspection.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS FLIGHT WAS A POST ANNUAL INSPECTION FLIGHT. DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, CONTROL INTEGRITY AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WERE CHECKED. PILOT DID NOT RECALL CHECKING FOR CORRECT DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF AILERON. PILOT REPORTED RUNUP WAS NORMAL, AS WAS TAKEOFF UNTIL JUST AFTER LIFTING TAILWHEEL. A SLIGHT WIND GUST LOWERED THE RIGHT WING, AILERON CORRECTION AGGRAVATED THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AND THE LANDING GEAR FAILED, CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. AFTER STOPPING, THE PILOT REPORTED HE SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND ALL THE SWITCHES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY AN OPERATIONS AND A MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR, IT WAS DETERMINED THE AILERONS WERE CROSS RIGGED DURING AILERON CABLE REPLACEMENT DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.