# Incident 20000204020379I: Piper PA28161, Orlando, FL, February 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2000, 11:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5680V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5680V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000204020379I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING COURSE OF PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE, WHILE DEMONSTRAING STEEP TURNS, PILOT EXAMINER ^PRIVA^ HEARD A POP AND FELT STABILATOR CONTROL LOSE EFFECTIVENESS. AFTER DETERMINING THAT HE HAD NO PRIMARY ELEVATOR CONTROL.  ^PRIVACY D^ DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THEN, USING POWER AND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL, FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO AN UNEVENTFUL ALNDING AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL).  AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN INVESTIGATIOR FROM THE ORLANDO FSDO REVEALED THE UP ELEVATOR CABLE HAD BROKEN AT THE SWEDGED TURNBUCKLE FITTING ON THE FORWARD CABLE, IT BROKE ON THE UNTHREADED PORTION OF THE FITTING, JUST OUT TO THE TURNBUCKLE BARRELL.

## Other reports on N5680V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19881112062499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881112062499I), Nov 12, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N5680V), Baton Rouge, LA. Student lost directional control on crosswind landing. Veered off runway and hit taxiway light. More dual suggested

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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