Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
July 12, 2000
Submitted
August 3, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402BF
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B1076
Part
Control Cable
Part number
50000084
Condition
Broken
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
9,424 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ASG/LIT - WHILE EN ROUTE AND ON APPROACH AT ABOUT 500 AGL, PILOT EXPERIENCED A FLAP SYSTEM FAILURE UPON DEPLOYMENT OF THE FLAPS, ONLY THE LT SIDE CAME DOWN. THIS CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO ROLL VIOLENTLY. THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGAINED, AND LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT EVENT. DETERMINED THE UPPER FLAP EXTEND CABLE ON THE RT SIDE HAD BROKEN APPROX 6 INCHES OUTBOARD OF THE ACTUATOR CHAIN ATTACH POINT. NO PREV EVIDENCEOF CHAFING. FLAP CABLE INSPECTED 132 HRS PRIOR AS A 200-HR INSP, NO EVIDENCE OF CHAFING, CABLE TENSION GOOD. POSSIBLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. (X)

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