# NTSB Accident CHI08MA270
> **CONVAIR CV-580** · 2008-09-01 · Columbus, OH, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI08MA270
- **Event ID:** 20080909X01418
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-09-01
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.798332, -82.979164
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CONVAIR
- **Model:** CV-580
- **Registration:** N587X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The improper (reverse) rigging of the elevator trim cables by company maintenance personnel, and their subsequent failure to discover the misrigging during required post-maintenance checks. Contributing to the accident was the captain’s inadequate post-maintenance preflight check and the flight crew’s improper response to the trim problem.

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