Service difficulty report · Cable · Piper PA28161

Difficulty date
August 10, 2017
Submitted
August 10, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA28161
Aircraft serial
288016105
Part
Cable
Part number
62701104
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Trim System
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
W
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, REPLACED THE FWD LEFT TRIM CABLE WITH NEW. FOLLOWING INSTALLATION, THE RT FWD TRIM CABLE APPEARED DIFFERENT FROM THE LEFT. THE CABLE APPEARED TO BE BIGGER. PINCHED THE TWO CABLES TOGETHER AND PUT THEM UNDER A MICROSCOPE AT 250 POWER MAGNIFICATION AND FOUND THAT THE TWO CABLES WERE INDEED DIFFERENT WIRE CONSTRUCTION. THE FWD RT CABLE APPEARED TO BE 7 X 7 WIRE CONSTRUCTION VERSUS THE MANUFACTURER SPECIFIED 7X19 CONSTRUCTION. REMOVED THE RT FWD TRIM CABLE.

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