Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Piper PA31T2

Difficulty date
July 19, 2004
Submitted
August 11, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N31JZ
Make and model
Piper PA31T2
Aircraft serial
31T8166062
Part
Control Cable
Part number
51757005
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING A ROUTINE EVENT NR 1 AIRFRAME INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE (ELEVATOR) PRIMARY TOP CONTROL CABLE (ELEVATOR CABLE) WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE ELEVATOR BELLCRANK. THE ELEVATOR CABLE IS SHROUDED BY A CABLE TENSIONER TUBE ASSY. THE ELEVATOR CABLE RETAINING BOLT (PN 400-052) WAS POSITIONED THROUGH THE CABLE TENSIONER TUBE (PN 81950-002) AND THE BELLCRANK (PN 40307-000), HOWEVER, THE ELEVATOR CABLE (PN 51757-005) WAS NOT SECURED TO THE BELLCRANK, THE ELEVATOR CABLE CLEVIS DISCONNECTED WITHIN THE CABLE TENSIONER. A RETAINING CLIP WITHIN THE SPRING TUBE ASSY. WAS THE ONLY DEVICE PREVENTING LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL. (EA03200405977)

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