SDR 96ZZZX5034

Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Lear 24B

Difficulty date
September 17, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N83HC
Make and model
Lear 24B
Aircraft serial
193
Part
Control Cable
Part number
2300003142
Condition
Frayed
Location
Aileron
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

CABLE WAS INSTALLED TO AIRCRAFT. PRE-TENSIONED TO 200 FEET/POUNDS (PER MM) WHILE AILERON CONTROLS WERE RUN THROUGH WHILE CABLE WAS UNDER TENSION AT 200 POUNDS, A SMALL 'BULGE' WAS NOTED AT APPROIXMATELY MID-CABLE LENGTH. AN INTERNAL CABLE STRAND HAD BROKEN (APPARENTLY) UNDER THE PRE-TENSION LOAD. ANOTHER NEW CABLE WAS INSTALLED. LEARJET FIELD SERVICE WAS INFORMED.

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