Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Piper PA31

Difficulty date
November 23, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31
Aircraft time
3,988 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540A2C
Propeller
Mcauly B3DF36C526
Part
Control Cable
Part number
469153
Condition
Damaged
Location
Prop Control
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON RIGGING PROP CONTROLS AFTER CABLE REPLACEMENT ON RT ENGINE, FOUND SUSPICIOUS LT PROP CONTROL ATTACHMENT. JOINT ASSEMBLY PN 469-153 WAS RUSTED, BUT MOST UNUSUAL WAS THAT A FIBRE LOCK NUT WAS USED AS SECURING DEVICE AND THAT THREADS WERE WELL BELOW FIBRE PART OF NUT. REMOVED PART FROM PROP GOVERNOR AND CABLE END, AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND BALL-JOINT END WAS A HOME-MADE AND SLOPPY IN SLIP JOINT AREA. NEW ENGINE CONTROL ENDS ORDERED AS OTHER CONTROL ENDS LOOK SUSPICIOUS AS WELL.

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