Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cndair CL2156B11215

Difficulty date
October 22, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL2156B11215
Part
Control Cable
Part number
215T9238216
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Wing Te Flaps
Part time
5,416 hours
Stage of operation
TX
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) PILOTS REPORTED A FLAP ASSYMETRY MESSAGE ON THE IIDS AFTER LANDING , AT THE SAME TIME THE MESSAGE APPEARED , THE FLAP SYSTEM JAMMED. DURING MAINTENANCE CREW INVESTIGATION/INSPECTION , IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE AFT FLAP CONTROL CABLE ON THE R/H SIDE WAS LOW TENTIONNED.AFTER DEEPER INVESTIGATION , IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT A FLAP CONTROL CABLE WAS BROKEN UNDER THE R/H ENGINE TAIL PIPE. R/H SIDE FLAP CONTROL CABLE P/N 215T92382-16 (PSP 494, ATA 27-51-00. FIG2, P8 , ITEM 15) WAS FOUND BROKEN NEAR GUARD PIN P/N NAS427K23 (PSP 494 , ATA 27-51-00 , FIG2 , P8 , ITEM 550) AND GUARD PIN WAS DEFORMED. OPERATOR IS THINKING THAT THE CABLE BRAKE BECAUSE OF A BAD INSTALLATION/ROUTING. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE CABLE WAS INSTALLED LIKE THAT DURING THE INITIAL INSTALLATION IN PRODUCTION SINCE , ACCORDING TO THEM , IT WAS NEVER REPLACED OR REMOVED.