Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
June 16, 2011
Submitted
June 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N114QS
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK469
Aircraft time
2,278 hours, 2,203 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Spoilers
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

INITIATED A 15 DEGREES LEFT TURN & HAD A BINDING IN SPOILER SYS. NO PROBLEMS ROLLING RT. AT 0-10 NORMAL 10-15 DEGREES BINDING BEGINS & AROUND 15, PRESSURE POPS OFF TO LESS THAN NORMAL. AT 18, NORMAL PRESSURE & CONTROL. OBSERVED ON BOTH CONTROL COLUMNS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS 180 -250 KTS. EXTENDED SPEED BRAKES (210KTS), HAD NORMAL CONTROL PRESSURES & NO DISCREPANCIES. RETRACTED SPEED BRAKES, DISCREPANCY RETURNED. EXTENDED FLAPS 10 DEGREES (LESS THAN 200 KTS) BINDING STOPPED. NO BINDING THROUGHOUT REST OF APPROACH, LANDING, OR POST FLT CONTROL TEST. CHECKED SPOILER RIGGING, FOUND LT & RT SPOILER CABLE TENSIONS LOW. PERFORMED CABLE RIGGING. SPOILER OPS & RIG CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 27-60-00.

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