# NTSB Accident CHI96LA255
> **Piper PA-28-151** · 1996-07-28 · NEW MELLE, MO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA255
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06192
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-07-28
- **Location:** NEW MELLE, MO, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-151
- **Registration:** N44059
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's selection of an unsuitable area for an emergency/precautionary landing.  Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's continual operation of the airplane with a known deficiency (broken trim switch); an uncommanded activation of the elevator trim to the nose up position, which resulted from a short in the electrical wiring between a broken trim switch and the trim motor; and fence posts in the selected emergency landing area.

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