# Accident 19960622014839A: Jones Harrold C PECKERWOOD 1-A, La Porte, TX, June 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1996, 08:22 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7497° N, 95.6195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7497&lon=-95.6195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92506, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92506-1997-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones Harrold C PECKERWOOD 1-A (registry code 05601CI, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-harrold-c-peckerwood-1-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: CONT A758J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960622014839A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL CIRCLING AIRPORT ON FIRST FLIGHT OF HOMEBUILT. COPPER ELEVATOR CABLE CLAMPS PULLED LOOSE, NOT SECURED. (-23) ON 06/22/96, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 CDT, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HIS AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASHED, APPROXIMATELY 1/8 MILE NNW OF LAPORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (THI), LAPORTE, TEXAS. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE UP ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLE HAD FAILED DUE TO THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE SWAGGED THIMBLE EYE, LOCATED AT THE ELEVATOR BELL CRANK.

## 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 FTW96FA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA268), Jun 22, 1996: Jones Peckerwood 1A1 (N92506), La Porte, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: improper installation and subsequent failure of the elevator control cable clamps which led to the pilot's restricted pitch control and resultant stall/spin.

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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