Service difficulty report · Pin · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
November 19, 2004
Submitted
January 5, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft time
7,502 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Pin
Part number
NAS427K6
Condition
Missing
Location
Elevator Control
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) THE PRIMARY CABLE FOR THE ELEVATOR CONTROL HAD JUMPED OUT OF THE PULLEY. THE (SPRING PIN) THAT PREVENTS THIS FROM HAPPENING WAS OUT OF POSITION (UNABLE TO STOP THE CABLE FROM LEAVING THE PULLEY). ABRASION OF THE ELEVATOR CABLE AT THE PULLEY AND ON SUPPORTING STRUCTURE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE ELEVATOR CABLE, EMERGES FROM THE PRESSURE VESSEL AS IT TRAVELS AFT TO THE BELLCRANK.

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