SDR PNBA2011F00006

Service difficulty report · Push-Pull Cable · Cessna 207

Difficulty date: September 15, 2011
Submitted: October 7, 2011
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N207GM
Make and model: Cessna 207
Aircraft serial: 20700217
System (JASC): 2750 · Trailing Edge Flap Control System
Part: Push-Pull Cable
Part number: 98600582
Condition: Failed
Location: Te Flaps
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

ON 3 DIFFERENT FOLLOW-UP CABLES, THE STROKE OR THROW OF THE INSIDE CABLE WAS .7500" ON 1, 1" ON ANOTHER AND 1.1250" ON THE 3RD. UNABLE TO GET THE BLUE PRINT SPECS OF 2.37 ON ANY OF THE CABLES. CABLES WILL BIND-UP WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE FLAPS.

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