# Incident 20130418004629I: Piper PA-28-161, Lumberton, NJ, April 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2013, 10:50 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9659° N, 74.8052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lumberton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9659&lon=-74.8052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8131R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8131R) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 132 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130418004629I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT

FLYING W AIRPORT

LUMBERTON, NJ

APRIL 18, 2013

AIRCRAFT AND REGISTRATION: N8131R

PIPER: PA 28-161, SERIAL NUMBER: 28-8016158

FSDO-17 ACCIDENT NUMBER: 2013-INC-015

NTSB ACCIDENT NUMBER: NONE

LOCATION: FLYING W AIRPORT

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SUMMARY:

ON APRIL 18, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER MODEL PA-28-161 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8131R, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF WHEN HE NOTICED AS HE APPLIED UP ELEVATOR THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO RESPOND, SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT CUT POWER AND APPLIED BRAKES, IT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY, EXITING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY ONTO A GRASSY AREA, THEN TRAVELED DOWN A SLIGHT EMBANKMENT WHERE IT CAME TO REST IN A LIGHTLY WOODED AREA.

THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER HIS OWN POWER.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

A FAA INSPECTOR INSPECTED THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING: DAMAGE THE WHEEL FAIRINGS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD SECTION.

AN INSPECTION OF THE STABILATOR CABLE CONTROL SYSTEM REVEALED THE LOWER STABILATOR CONTROL CABLE STUD/TERMINAL END HAD BROKEN APPROXIMATELY ABOVE THE THREADED PORTION, JUST OUT SIDE OF THE BARREL/BODY (MS2151-B5S); IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE BROKEN AREA WAS CORRODED. BOTH SAFETY CLIPS (MS21256) REMAINED INSTALLED.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS TURNBUCKLE AND CABLE SYSTEM IS TO PROVIDE A MEANS TO ADJUST THE CABLE TO THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER SPECIFIC CABLE TENSION TO ENSURE PROPER FLIGHT CONTROL MOVEMENT.

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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