ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284420
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 2007 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Maule M-7-235 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N56568 |
| MSN: | 4012C |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1745 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks , AK (AK28) |
| (AK28) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A flight instructor (CFI) was giving a flight review to a private pilot, in the private pilot's airplane. The airplane had an annual inspection during which the elevator was removed and replaced, and this was the first flight since the repairs. The CFI said that during the takeoff roll, as soon as the private pilot moved the yoke aft, the airplane nosed over, and came to rest inverted. An FAA inspector did a postaccident inspection, revealing that the elevator cables were connected backwards, reversing the control yoke actions, and resulting in down elevator when the yoke was pulled aft. The CFI reported that he and the private pilot did a preflight inspection of the airplane, but failed to check for the correct travel of the airplane's elevator. In his written statement to the NTSB, the CFI wrote, in part: "The elevator is hard or impossible to see while being buckled in the aircraft, but [it] should have been discovered."
Probable Cause: The reversal of the elevator control cables by maintenance personnel, and the inadequate preflight inspection by the flight instructor and dual student.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC07LA081
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2022 16:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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