COLUMBUS, OH -- Federal investigators say control cables were reversed on a cargo plane that crashed last year in Ohio, killing all three crew members.
A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report says elevator trim cables were reversed. As a result, when the pilot used to system to help raise the nose, it actually was pushing the nose down.
The twin-engine 1956 Convair 580 crashed Sept. 1 after leaving Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus. All three victims were from Florida. Killed were 58-year-old Urs Anderegg, of Miami; 57-year-old James Monahan, of Plantation; and 41-year-old Sean Gardiner, of Miami.
In January, the Federal Aviation Administration revoked the operating certificate of Air Tahoma, the cargo company that operated the aircraft.
