Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
March 16, 2010
Submitted
March 16, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N802DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46076
Aircraft time
90,489 hours, 33,441 cycles
Part
Cable
Part number
3763151501
Condition
Broken
Location
Aileron
Part time
88,752 hours, 32,601 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

RT AILERON BUS CABLE PN 3763151-501 BROKEN JUST OTBD OF THE RT INBD AILERON. FOUND LT AILERON WAS INOPERATIVE; THEREFORE PLACING HIGH TENSION ON THE BUS CABLE. WE ARE QUARANTINING THE ACTUATOR AND CABLE ASSY UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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