Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Maule M5210C

Difficulty date
May 12, 2009
Submitted
June 2, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N62045
Make and model
Maule M5210C
Aircraft serial
6078C
Engine
Cont IO360*
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AN INSP OF RT WING FLAP CABLE REVEALED BROKEN STRANDS WHERE THE CABLE THIMBLE AND SHACKLE TO THE FLAP BELLCRANK INSIDE THE WING. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE CABLE AS IT WRAPS AROUND THE THIMBLE AND THE BELLCRANK AND IT WAS GETTING PINCHED WHEN THE FLAPS ARE RETRACTED. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN SL NR 64 FOR THE ELEVATOR CABLES. REPALCED THE RT FLAP CABLE AND BOTH LT AND RT FLAP CABLE SHACKLES WITH NEW STYLE ELEVATOR CABLE SHACKLES AND ELIMINATED ALL INTERFERENCE. THE LT SHACKLE HAD BARELY ENOUGH CLEARANCE AND WAS NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF WEAR BUT SINCE WE WERE REPLACING ONE WE WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED BOTH. (K)

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