Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
July 12, 2010
Submitted
July 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N410MT
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605018
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Frayed
Location
Elevator Trim
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

( EBVR) CUSTOMER NOTICED ANOMALY IN "FEEL" OF ELEVATOR TRIM. INSP SHOWED (1) ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE FRAYED WITH NUMEROUS BROKEN STRANDS. FRAYED AREA WAS FOUND IN THE AREA OF FS 591, WHERE CABLE EXITS VERTICAL STAB AND ROUTES INTOR HORIZ STAB. CUSTOMER REPLACED CABLE. THIS CABLE HAD BEEN INSPECTED IN DEC 2009 IAW THE MFG INSP DOC 9 INSP. THE MX FACILITY W/O DOES NOT INDICATE THAT ANY DEFECTS WERE NOTED WITH THE CABLE DURING THE INSP. CUSTOMER REPORTS ACFT FLEW ABOUT 300 HOURS BETWEEN DEC 2009 AND JULY 2010. TO DATE IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF THE FRAYED CABLE WAS THE OLD PN 6660001-33 OR NEW (POST ASL560XL-27-15) PN 6660003-35.

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