# Incident 20230816014789I: Piper PA-32-300, Campbellsville, KY, August 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2023, 17:40 local time
- Place: Campbellsville, KY
- Airport: Taylor County
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3583° N, 85.3094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAYLOR COUNTY (AAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3583&lon=-85.3094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32VT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32VT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230816014789I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AT CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO CONTROL AUTHORITY FOR THE STABILATOR FROM THE CONTROL YOKE. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A CERTIFICATED A&P MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STABILATOR CONTROL CABLE TURN BUCKLE FAILED. AFTER EVENT REPAIR WAS REPLACEMENT OF STABILATOR CONTROL SYSTEM CABLES AND PULLEYS ACCOMPLISHED IAW SB1245A INSTRUCTIONS 1-10 AND AD2013-02-13 FAILURE OF HORIZONTAL STABILATOR CONTROL SYSTEM.

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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