Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
May 27, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68065
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46590
Part
Control Cable
Part number
S4913809CW11202
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Te Flap
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW HAD A FLAP ASYMMETRY FLAG AFTER TAKEOFF. TAPES SHOWED FLAP TRAVELING SYMMETRICALLY, RIGHT FLAP WAS LEADING LEFT APPROXIMATELY 5 DEGREES. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITH FLAPS OPERATING NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE CYCLED FLAPS SEVERAL TIMES AND VERIFIED RT INBOARD FLAP LOCKED IN UP POSITION. THE FLAP FOLLOW-UP CABLE ON RT INBOARD FLAP WAS FOUND BROKEN. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AND ADJUSTED IAW MM 27-50-00, PAGE 503, ITEM 3, OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. IN ADDITION, THE RT I/B FLAP INBOARD ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO BINDING.

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