# Accident 20060602008179A: Piper PA28160, Laurel, MT, June 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Airport: Laurel Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7106° N, 108.7492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7106&lon=-108.7492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1123W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1123W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 82 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060602008179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS THE MAIDEN FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION - PILOT STATES THAT ON CLIMB-OUT AS HE INITIATED A LEFT TURN THE AILERON CONTROL WAS INEFFECTIVE. HE REMEMBERS DESCENDING TO A POINT WHERE A CRASH WAS IMMINENT WHERE HE TRIED TO LEVEL FOR IMPACT. WITNESSES STATE THE AIRCRAFT STALLED FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CONTROL YOKE WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY AT TIME OF ANNUAL INSPECTION.

## 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 SEA06LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA109), Jun 2, 2006: Piper PA-28-160 (N1123W), Laurel, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to properly reinstall the left-hand control yoke to the left-hand control column, and the failure of other maintenance personnel to properly verify the…

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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