Preliminary Accident Reports
February 2012 Issue
Cut, Broken, Cracked
The following information is derived from the FAA’s Service Difficulty Reports and Aviation Maintenance Alerts.
During an annual inspection, the right ruddervator trim control cable was found routed incorrectly and cutting through the right ruddervator control tube approximately 75 percent. The tube also had signs of a crack originating from the damaged section of the tube (cut area), and had begun to bend as a result of weakening. There were no maintenance entries noted in the logbook to determine when this may have occurred.
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