Service difficulty report · Bridal Cable · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
July 4, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
12,840 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Mcauly B3DF36C526
Part
Bridal Cable
Part number
71110300
Condition
Broken
Location
Pitch Servo
Part time
2,457 hours
Component
Pitch Servo · Bendix
Component part number
KS270A
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED AUTOPILOT PITCHES NOSE UP 1000 FT/MIN. AUTOPILOT INITIALLY DEFERRED PER MEL. AME FOUND DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING THE PITCH SERVO BRIDLE CABLE HAD BROKEN, AND PART OF THAT CABLE WAS STUCK AROUND A MOUNTING FASTER FOR THE PITCH SERVO. SEE ATTACHED PICTURES. THE BROKEN BRIDLE CABLE HAD JAMMED THE CAPSTAN. THE REMAINING ATTACHED UPPER PITCH CABLE LIMITED THE ELEVATOR FROM MAX TRAVEL. THE BROKEN BRIDLE CABLE WAS REMOVED, THE CAPSTAN INSPECTED AND FOUND SERVICEABLE, THEN A NEW BRIDLE CABLE WAS INSTALLED AND RIGGED PER BENDIX KING KFC 200 INSTALLATION MANUAL. THE PITCH SERVO BRIDLE CABLE, ALONG WITH PITCH TRIM SERVO BRIDLE CABLE ARE INSPECTED AT EACH EVENT 1 AND 3 INSPECTION, WHICH ARE 100 HOURS APART. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT OF THE AUTOPILOT. THE TEST FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY. (TC# 20190708014)

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