Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
June 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N185DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
27961
Part
Control Cable
Part number
A2B3
Condition
Severed
Location
Rt Aileron
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, FLIGHT CREW HEARD A CRACK FOLLOWED BY A/C ROLL TO THE LEFT. TEMPORARILY LOST LEFT IDG BUT QUICKLY RETURNED. FOUND AILERON CONTROL CABLE A2B-3 SEVERED AND RIGHT GENERATOR FEEDER CABLE WORN JUST FORWARD AND RIGHT OF THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT WALL APPROX STA 340, WL 190, RBL 67.5. REPLACED A2B-3 CABLE, RIGGED AND OPS CHECKED SAME, ALL OK. SPLICED RIGHT GENERATOR FEEDER CABLE FROM P-32 PANEL TO FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT WALL, OPS CHECK GOOD.