Service difficulty report · Controller · Beech 58

Difficulty date
September 24, 2010
Submitted
October 15, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N875AN
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH1682
Engine
Cont IO550*
Part
Controller
Part number
1023780103
Condition
Separated
Location
Rt Prop Gov
Part time
1,444 hours
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

DURING TRAINING FLIGHT RT ENGINE WENT TO 2700 RPM. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSP OF RT ENGINE PROPELLER GOVERNOR AND CONTROL CABLE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR CONTROL CABLE HAD SEPARATED WHERE THE FACTORY HAD SEDGED THE THREADED END ( WHICH HOLDS THE ROD END BEARING) TO THE CABLE. THE SEDGE ON THE CONTROL CABLE IS RATHER SHORT AT .1875. THE NEW SUPERSEDED CABLE PN 102-389010-47 HAS A LONGER SEDGE OF .3750. WE HAVE FOUND OTHER -3 CABLES WITH THE SEDGE END LOOSE. THIS IS THE FIRST CABLE THAT HAS SEPARATED.

More about the Beech 58