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Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
February 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N335LS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3035
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Control Cable
Part number
250205002
Condition
Stiff
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
3,768 hours
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING FOR APPROACH INTO DFW, FOUND RT POWER LEVER STUCK AT 19,500 FEET. CAPTAIN LEVELED OFF DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERTORQUE OF THE ENGINE. ECS SYSTEM SELECTED TO THE OFF POSITION, POWER LEVER THEN FREED ITSELF. ON LANDING AFTER INSPECTING ACFT AND RUNNING ENGINE, NO FAULTS FOUND. ONE POSSIBLE CAUSE COULD HAVE BEEN ICING. CABLES WERE THEN CLEANED AND LUBED PER SB 328-76-073, WHICH HAD BEEN C/W AT A PREVIOUS DATE. NO OTHER PROBLEMS OCCURRED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. HOWEVER, LT AND RT POWER LEVER NACELLE PORTIONS REPLACED AT THE NEXT VISIT TO MAINTENANCE ON 2-8-97 AS PRECAUTION.