# SDR QMLA2016050416045

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 4, 2016
- Submitted: May 6, 2016
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N408GA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408GA), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 407
- Registry model: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 53392
- Aircraft time: 11,947 hours, 26,935 cycles
- Engine: Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time: 7,260 hours, 18,093 cycles
- System (JASC): [7603 · Power Lever](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7603)
- Part: Throttle Cable
- Part number: C807382
- Part serial: 2417
- Condition: Sheared
- Location: Engine
- Part time: 11,947 hours, 18,093 cycles
- Stage of operation: AA
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: Y
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2016050416045

## Discrepancy

THROTTLE CABLE SHEARED INTERNALLY AT APPROX 10" FROM COLLECTIVE TWIST GRIP CONNECTION POINT, WHERE CABLE ROUTE IS NAVIGATING A CORNER, DIRECTION CHANGE.  THROTTLE CABLE MFG DATE IS 1998, ACFT DOM IS 1999, THIS CABLE HAS NEVER BEEN CHANGED.  THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING ENG SHUT DOWN AFTER A FLIGHT.

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