ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289738
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| Date: | Sunday 2 October 2022 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Aeronca 7AC Champion |
| Owner/operator: | Octagon Corp |
| Registration: | N3005E |
| MSN: | 7AC-6591 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3363 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C85-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kyle-Oakley Field Airport (CEY/KCEY), Murray, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Murray-Calloway County Airport, KY (CEY/KCEY) |
| Murray-Calloway County Airport, KY (CEY/KCEY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On October 2, 2022, at about 1030 local time, an Aeronca 7AC Champion, N3005E, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at Kyle-Oakley Field Airport (CEY/KCEY), Murray, Kentucky. The pilot was seriously injured.
The airplane had been in maintenance for repair work on the airplane’s tail section. On the first flight after the completed work, following a preflight inspection and engine run-up, the pilot taxied the airplane to the runway for departure. During the takeoff roll, when the pilot applied forward stick controls to raise the tail, the tail did not rise, and the airplane instead “shot straight up, stalled, then descended nose-first onto the runway.”
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the fuselage. The inspector also noted that the elevator control cables were installed incorrectly such that the elevator moved in the direction opposite to that commanded.
Probable Cause: The incorrect (reverse) rigging of the elevator cables by maintenance personnel and their subsequent failure to verify that the rigging was correct during post-maintenance checks and the pilot's inadequate preflight check.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 17:42 | Captain Adam | Added |
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