Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Hughes 500N

Difficulty date
April 12, 2004
Submitted
April 29, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501HP
Make and model
Hughes 500N
Aircraft serial
LN064
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Part
Control Cable
Part number
500N720155
Condition
Broken
Location
Fwd Thrust
Part time
1,456 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING DAILY INSP, THE THRUSTER ASSY SYSTEM WAS OPERATED TO CHECK THE OPERATION AND SMOOTHNESS OF THIS SYSTEM. A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE THRUSTER CONE WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE CONTROL SYSTEM. UPON REMOVING THE TAILBOOM FAIRING TO GET ACCESS TO THE INTERCONNECT CABLES, CLOSER LOOK AT THIS CABLE END AND IT APPEARS THAT THE CABLE END HAS CORROSION FROM THE INSIDE OUT. REQUESTED COPY OF METALLURGY TEST. (WP13200401531)