# NTSB Accident SEA97LA096
> **HENDRIX TALON XP** · 1997-05-02 · REDMOND, OR, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97LA096
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08014
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-05-02
- **Location:** REDMOND, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.25996, -121.219581
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HENDRIX
- **Model:** TALON XP
- **Registration:** N6291X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

incomplete installation (omission of the aft control stick and interlink tube) of the flight control system, resulting in failure of the combined (torque) elevator and aileron rod and a disconnection of the forward flight control stick from the ailerons and elevators.

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