Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
November 20, 2001
Submitted
December 11, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6764C
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0628
Engine
Cont TSIO520*
Part
Control Cable
Part number
500000862
Condition
Broken
Location
T/E Flap
Part time
6,894 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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 APPROACH WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED DOWN, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN RIGHT ROLL OF THE AIRCRAFT. CONTROL WAS REGAINED AND AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FLAP CABLE WAS BROKEN AT RBL 18.5, OUTBOARD OF PULLEY (PN 5378.4) LOCATED AT 17.52 RBL. PROBABLE CAUSE APPEARS TO BE FATIGUE. FLAPS HAD BEEN AT 15 DEGREES. HAD THE FLAPS BEEN EXTENDED FULL TRAVEL THE PILOT MAY NOT HAVE REGAINED CONTROL.

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