Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Boeing 737809

Difficulty date
April 1, 2013
Submitted
April 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18608
Make and model
Boeing 737809
Aircraft serial
28406
Aircraft time
40,543 hours, 18,484 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Spoilers
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

(B-18608) WALK AROUND CHECK FOUND LT SPOILER NOT IN THE CORRECT POSITION. PERFORMED THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TEST, AND FOUND SPOILER CONTROL CABLE WSB-L2 WAS BROKEN. REPLACED THE CABLE AND CONDITION CHECKED NORMAL IAW AMM 20-10-91.