SDR 99ZZZX2980

Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 340CESSNA

Difficulty date
July 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N340MR
Make and model
Cessna 340CESSNA
Aircraft serial
3400206
Part
Control Cable
Part number
536000023
Condition
Loose
Location
Te Flap
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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT 3 PM 7-20-99, CLIMBED TO 9,500 FEET TO DO AIR WORK, RETURNED TO NASHUA AND COMPLETED A TOUCH-AND-GO AND ELECTED TO DO A NO FLAP TOUCH-AND-GO. ON THE ROLL, CONFIRMED FLAPS WERE FULLY UP AND FLAP ACTUATOR HANDLE WAS FULLY UP. ACFT ACCELERATED TO BLUE LINE AND GEAR RETRACTED AND STARTED TO CLIMB. ACFT AT BLUE LINE WOULD NOT CLIMB BEYOND 200 AGL AND WAS UNSTABLE IN PITCH. FLAPS STILL INDICATED FULLY UP. AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED THROUGH 180 DEGREES TO LAND ON OPPOSITE RUNWAY. THE FOLLOW-UP CABLE FOR THE FLAPS HAD BECOME LOOSE AND DETACHED FROM THE FLAP CABLE. ANY MOVEMENT OF THE ACTUATING SYSTEM (TURBULENCE, ETC) CAUSED THE FLAPS TO EXTEND AND THE PILOT HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE FLAP SYSTEM.