- Date
- February 7, 1979
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH · CINCINNATI, OH
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6642LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790207004919I
- Case key
- 136562
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0014 79/2/7 CINCINNATI,OH PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N6642L PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 36, 8118 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 327 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER CINCINNAT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OH CLEVELAND,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM REMARKS- CABLE JUMPED OFF ELEV PULLEY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6642L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Greater Cincinnat
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6642L · 1
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