Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 310R

Difficulty date
October 1, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 310R
Aircraft time
132,749 hours
Engine
Cont IO520M
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C*
Part
Control Cable
Part number
0860207133
Condition
Frayed
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
LD
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

ON COMING INTO LAND, THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 15 DEGREES, THE ACFT MADE A ROLL TO THE LT. PILOT CORRECTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AME INSPECTED THE FLAP SYS AND FOUND THE RT FLAP RETURN CABLE HAD STARTED TO FRAY. WHEN THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 15 DEGREES THE RT FLAP DID NOT LOWER AS FAR AS THE LT FLAP. IF FLAPS WERE SELECTED ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM, THEY BOTH CAME DOWN SAME AMOUNT. ALL FLAP CABLES WILL BE CHANGED AS TOTAL TIME ON CABLES CAN NOT BE DETERMINED.

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