Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 680CE
FAA SDR system
- Difficulty date
- March 8, 2013
- Submitted
- March 26, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Cessna 680CE
- Aircraft serial
- 6800191
- Aircraft time
- 4,640 hours, 2,951 cycles
- Part
- Control Cable
- Part number
- S39664L1839A
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- 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
UPPER RUDDER CABLE FRAYED AT SPLITTER SECTOR ASSEMBLY JUST AFT OF WING. REMOVED FRAYED LT UPPER AFT RUDDER CABLE. INSTALLED A NEW PN S3966-4L183.9A LT UPPER AFT RUDDER CABLE. SET AFT RUDDER CABLE TENSIONS TO 200 LBS. RIGGED CABLE TENSION ON BOTH UPPER RUDDER CABLES IAW MM 27-21-00. CYCLED RUDDER SYS 25 TIMES. SYS OPS CHECKS GOOD.