Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
May 14, 2001
Submitted
July 5, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
1,718 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Control Cable
Part number
5271012115
Condition
Defective
Location
Aileron
Part time
1,993 hours, 1,734 cycles
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

(CAN) WHEN INSPECTING CONTROL CABLES AS PER 2000HR/5YR. INSPECTION REQUIREMENT, SOME ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED ON THE 2 FORWARD AILERON CONTROL CABLES. ON ONE OF THE BUNDLES OF STRANDS IT APPEARED AS IF 2 OR 3 OF THE INDIVIDAL STRANDS WERE SEPARATED FROM EACHOTHER WITH A SLIGHT KINK. THIS PATTERN REPEATED ITSELF EVERY 4 OR 5 INCHES. THIS ABNORMALITY IS ONLY A FEW MILLIMETERS IN LENGTH. THE 115 CABLE HASSEVERVAL OF THESE SUSPICIOUS SPOTS AND THE 116 HAS ONLY A FEW. THE CABLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH NEW PILATUS PARTS AND THE SUSPECT CABLES HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO OUR REGIONAL SUPERVISOR FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.