Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
February 5, 2004
Submitted
March 1, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
19,937 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Control Cable
Part number
2489410
Condition
Broken
Location
Prop Governor
Component
Governor · Piper
Component part number
2489410
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AT ENGINE WARMING UP PILOT FOUND ( WHEN TRYING CHECK OF PROP GOVERNOR WORK) LT PROP CONTROL LEVER WENT LOOSE, PROP DID NOT FOLLOW SETTING ANY MORE. INSPECTION REVEALED LT PROP GOVERNOR CABLE PN:24894-10 BROKEN AND SEPARATED CABLE END FITTING AT GOVERNOR SIDE.

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