SDR 95ZZZX1311

Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Piper PA18A

Difficulty date
February 28, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA18A
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Sleeve
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON A PIPER SUPPER CUB PA-18A, FOUND NEW STAINLESS CABLES HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED. INSPECTION OF THE CABLES SHOWED THE COPPER N1COMPRESS SLEEVES WERE INSTALLED ON THE STAINLESS CABLES IN PLACE OF THE SILVER COLORED N1COMPRESS SLEEVES -- THIS SILVER IN COLOR N1COMPRESS SLEEVE IS TO BE USED ON STAINLESS CABLES TO PREVENT DISSIMILAR METAL CORROSION CALLED ELECTROLYSIS, A MORE IN-DEPTH INSPECTION REVEALED THE N1COMPRESS SLEEVE WAS VERY SLOPPILY INSTALLED AND SEVERAL N1COMPRESS SLEEVES ONLY HAD TWO CRIMPS INSTEAD OF THREE. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS WHEN NOT SURE, MAKE REFERENCE TO A.C. 43.13/4.

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