Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Piper PA32300

Difficulty date
April 7, 2011
Submitted
April 29, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N31407
Make and model
Piper PA32300
Aircraft serial
327840130
Engine
Lyc IO540K1G5
Part
Control Cable
Part number
6270127
Condition
Failed
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING TOUCH AND GO`S, AFTER COMPLETING THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO, AND WITH FULL POWER IN A CLIMB AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX 15 FEET, THE NOSE OF THE ACFT PITCHED DOWN ABRUPTLY. THE ACFT NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY VERY HARD, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE MAIN GEAR CONTACTING THE RUNWAY HARD AND BOUNCING ACFT APPROX 10 TO 15 BACK INTO THE AIR. THIS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES IN SPITE OF ATTEMPT TO INITIATE A GO AROUND. THE ACFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY ELEVATOR CONTROL INPUTS, SO, REDUCED THE POWER ALL THE WAY IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO GET THE ACFT ON THE GROUND AND STOPPED. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP JUST TO THE LT OF THE RUNWAY AFTER THE NOSE GEAR BROKE. INSPECTOR DISCOVERED THAT THE ELEVATOR CNTROL CABLE HAD BROKEN.

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