SDR 97ZZZX5201

Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Piper PA34200T

Difficulty date
December 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8107X
Make and model
Piper PA34200T
Aircraft serial
348070012
Part
Control Cable
Part number
071199602
Condition
Failed
Location
Stab Trim Bs 187
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS, PILOT REPORTED STABILATOR TRIM BECAME INOPERATIVE DURING APPROACH TO LANDING AT HOME BASE. NO TRIM LANDING UNEVENTFUL. ON INVESTIGATION, FOUND STABILATOR TRIM CABLE SEVERELY FRAYED AND JUMPED OF THE PULLEYS OF THE AUTOPILOT AND ELECTRIC TRIM SERVOS LOCATED JUST AFT OF FS 187.84. THIS RESULTED IN COMPLETE LOSS OF TRIM ACTUATION (MANUAL AND ELECTRIC). AIRCRAFT HAD UNDERGONE ANNUAL 100-HOUR INSPECTION 49 HOURS PREVIOUSLY WITH NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. SUBMITTER STATED PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON OTHER, SAME TYPE AIRCRAFT IN THE PAST.

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