Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Amd FALCONE

Difficulty date
October 28, 2014
Submitted
October 30, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N827AA
Make and model
Amd FALCONE
Aircraft serial
298
Aircraft time
20,751 hours, 16,455 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED, IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THEY GOT AN INDICATION OF CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT WITH THE AUDIBLE ALARM. CREW RAN THE BLUE BOOK CHECKLIST FOR THE PROCEDURE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO NEAREST AVAILABLE AIRPORT. LIGHT WENT OUT ON FINAL APPROACH, AT 1PSI OR APPROXIMATELY 3000 MSL. MAINTENANCE WAS SENT TO AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE CARGO DOOR ASSIST HANDLE CABLE IAW MM 52-30-01. THE OPS AND RIG CHECKED GOOD. ADDITIONAL TROUBLESHOOTING OF CARGO DOOR FOUND LOCKING CONTROL CABLE OUT OF TOLERANCE. ADJUSTED CABLE IAW MM 52-30-01. RIG AND OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR TEST FLIGHT. THE SUBSEQUENT TEST FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY AND ACFT RETURNED TO MAIN BASE.