Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Gippld GA8

Difficulty date
November 17, 2005
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gippld GA8
Aircraft time
742 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540K1A5
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR1
Part
Control Cable
Part number
W83420
Condition
Broken
Location
Jack Screw
Part time
301 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

(CAN) AC DEPARTED, WHEN STAB TRIM STARTED TO RUN AWAY TO NOSE UP POSITION. PILOT HAD TO HOLD WHEEL TO KEEP IN POSITION ON CLIMB. AC LANDED AT MAINT BASE TO GET CHECKED OUT. CABLE TENSION WAS BROUGHT UP TO MAX TENSION IAW MM. WHEN TENSION WAS CHECKED ON 17TH IT WAS 2 POUNDS LESS. TEMPERATURE CHANGE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRING TENSION BACK UP TO MAX, TRIM CABLE SNAPED NEAR FWD DRUM. IN APRIL AND MAY OF 2005 TRIM SYS WAS DOING A SIMILAR THING, MFG SUPPLIED US WITH NEW SCREW JACK, CABLE ASSY WHICH CURRED PROBLEM UNTIL NOW. TRIM CABLE HAS A TENSION OF 15 + OR - 5 WHICH SEEMS HIGH FOR A .0625 CABLE BUT HAS TO BE TO KEEPING TRIM SYS IN PLACE AS THERE IS NO FRICTION LOCK OR RATCHET SYS. (TC NR 20051117005)