Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Beech 58

Difficulty date
September 14, 2011
Submitted
September 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N65FS
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH1084
Aircraft time
14,116 hours
Part
Control Cable
Part number
5038901023
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Propeller
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE FROM RME TO BED PILOT REPORTS THE RIGHT ENGINE OVERSPEEDED TO 3500 RPM AND HAD NO CONTROL. SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND LANDED IN EEN NO PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE RAN THE RIGHT ENGINE AND IT MADE TAKEOFF POWER 2700 RPM, BUT HAD NO CONTROL OF PROPELLER. FOUND PROP CONTROL CABLE BROKEN. GOING TO REMOVE AND SCRAP BOTH THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER BECAUSE OF OVER SPEEDING CONDITION.

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