SDR 96ZZZX604

Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
January 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N21258
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft serial
17263917
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Failed
Location
Right Aileron
Part time
2,220 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

ON NOVEMBER 11, 1995, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE AIRPLANE WAS TIED DOWN HEADING 330 DEGREES AND BOTH THE RUDDER GUST LOCK AND THE PIN IN THE YOKE WERE IN PLACE. THE NEXT DAY, THE RIGHT AILERON WAS DROOPING SLIGHTLY AND UPON GRASPING IT, THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF A SERIOUS PROBLEM. UPON DISASSEMBLY, THE SHOP FOUND THE RIGHT AILERON CABLE BROKEN COMPLETELY. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF CONSIDERABLE RUST WHERE THE CABLE RUNS OVER THE OVERHEAD PULLEY AND IT IS PROBABLE SOME STRANDS OF THE CABLE WERE ALREADY BROKEN. IT ALSO APPEARED THE PULLEY ITSELF WAS FROZEN OR TURNED VERY HARD. EVERYTHING ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS OKAY.

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