# NTSB Incident ERA13IA396
> **PIPER PA-28RT-201** · 2013-08-31 · Chesapeake, VA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13IA396
- **Event ID:** 20130904X05544
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 2013-08-31
- **Location:** Chesapeake, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.780277, -76.44889
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28RT-201
- **Registration:** N2091W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Maintenance personnel’s inadequate inspection and compliance with a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive, which resulted in an undetected corroded and cracked stabilator turnbuckle and the subsequent failure of the turnbuckle and loss of elevator control during takeoff.

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