# NTSB Accident ERA17FA148
> **PIPER PA 12** · 2017-04-08 · Sanford, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA17FA148
- **Event ID:** 20170408X41518
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-04-08
- **Location:** Sanford, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.77, -81.218887
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 12
- **Registration:** N3280M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The incorrect rigging of the elevator control cables, which resulted in a reversal of elevator control inputs applied by the pilot during the takeoff, an excessive nose-high pitch, and subsequent aerodynamic stall after takeoff. Also causal was the inadequate postmaintenance inspection and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and before takeoff check, which failed to detect the misrigging.

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