Service difficulty report · Throttle Cable · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
April 10, 2012
Submitted
April 13, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7720Y
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft serial
4496132
Aircraft time
3,554 hours
Engine
Lyc O360E1A6D
Engine time
3,593 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2Y*
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Throttle Cable
Part number
554528
Condition
Detached
Location
Zone 400
Part time
1,051 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT, 600-700FT AGL, INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) REDUCED RT THROTTLE TO IDLE TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE. STUDENT PILOT (SP) SIMULATED FEATHERING RT PROPELLER AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SET ZERO THRUST, IP DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO THRUST AVAILABLE. RT ENGINE WAS SECURED, EMERGENCY DECLARED AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING PERFORMED. UPON INSP OF THE RT ENGINE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE A SWAGED PORTION OF THE RT THROTTLE CABLE, AT THE ENGINE END CONNECTION, HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE ONLY THE CABLE HSG TO MOVE WHEN THE THROTTLE LEVER IN THE COCKPIT WAS MOVED. FURTHER INSP OF THE FAILED SWAGED AREA LED THIS SUBMITTER TO CONCLUDE THAT DURING THE INITIAL ASSY OF THIS PARTICULAR THROTTLE CABLE, THE CABLE HSG HAD NOT BEEN INSERTED INTO THE CABLE END FAR ENOUGH BEFORE THE END WAS CRIMPED/SWAGED ONTO THE CABLE HSG.

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