# Incident 19960401005729I: Cessna A188B, Plymouth, MA, April 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1996, 09:00 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6656G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6656G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,854 total, 1,200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960401005729I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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