# Incident 19990129011169I: Piper PA28R200, Olathe, KS, January 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6828J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6828J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990129011169I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 ON 01/29/99, DEAN WAS CONDUCTING DUAL INSTRUCTION WITH A COMMERCIAL STUDENT WHEN THE ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLE BROKE CAUSING LOSS OF PITCH CONTROL. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH IXD CONTROL TOWER, RETURNED USING TRIL AND POWER FOR PITCH CONTROL, AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BATTERY HAD EXITED ITS RETAINING BOX, THE BATTERY TERMINALS SHORTED AGAINST THE ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLE, BURNING IT IN TWO CAUSING LOSS OF THE ELEVATOR CONTROL. INCIDENT # CE99IGA0032 IS CLOSED.

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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