AD-2005-24-10

Relates to aeroplanes with less than 250 hours time in service manufactured before August 12 2005.

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/
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Rod:

This was covered in the October issue of B-C Contact! pages 14-15. The only change is that we now have an AD, and the Aeronca Chiefs (11-series) were left off.

Regards,
 
Now I'm not real smart , but why does it go back that far. Undoubtly the same company didn't make the cables for all these planes and certainly they would have failed before now although I assume that if the cables have 250 hrs on them then your OK. When was the failure?

Woodie
N29763
 
So far its one pea that spoiled the pot.
Just so happens the pea is on a mid-70's Citabria that bought a new cable.

Fortunately no one was hurt. Unfortunately, the FAA feels its more than a fluke and/or the nature of the failure mode risk is too high to not AD.
 
Jerry,
Who made the new cable? We know since it was a Mid 70's and if there had only been one failure it would have to have been after the new cable was installed that it failed. What is the reasoning to go back so far? Just curious!!


Woodie
N29763
 
Old Airplane
New Cable (We made it. He had the invoice)
The Cable only had 43 hours on it.

By and large, this AD will not apply to most of the fleet.
 
It's rather easy to see why now. To ward off "ambulance chasers". I saw this week where a jury awarded 20 million judgement aganist Continental. This is what makes flying so expensive. If a cable broke on a 1946 7AC Champ you could look for ACA to be sued. You never profited nor had anything to do with that plane yet some lawyer and jury will "own the family farm" if your not careful.It's a shame our world has turned to this!!!!


Woodie
N29763
 
The way I read the AD, my 1979 8KCAB with 1700 hours does NOT
need to be inspected? It's a strangely worded AD. :x Ben 1N2
 
Its not the plane's hours, its the cable's hours.
Basically, if you bought cables in less than 250 hours, they are affected. This means Airplanes with less than 250 because they obviously have cables with less than 250.
 
Is there a good tool to use to inspect the cables without removing them from the aileron bellcrank? The swage gage that Spruce sells definitely won't fit thru the access hole in my wing.

The crimps can be at odd angles, so it seems you'd need a gap gage like an open end wrench with several openings at different angles. What are people planning to use?
 
After a good number of calls about the applicability of this strangely worded AD, we have posted a page of explanations and the full text on our website http://www.bellanca-championclub.com.

Hope this helps,
 
Jerry Jr., My 1979 7eca has new ACA wings installed oct.03 only 139 hours T.T. on them. Is ACA or their dealers doing these cable inspections? Is there a cost to new plane or new wing owners? Thanks in advance, Mike O.
 
Aircraft and parts in the warranty period are covered for labor and parts. Aircraft and parts over a year old are only covered for the parts, in the event you fins a bad cable.

That being said...As of today....

We have a nifty tool that cuts the man hours down quite a bit. It was developed by our in-house service center (based on his custom tools). Since he can do the entire inspection in less than an hour...I had the no-go gauge drawn and laser cut here. I think Chad and Mandy are going to sell them for $15. So if this cuts an hour out of your inspection, its a big savings.
 
Looks like a straight section with 2 fingers turned like a comb on one end and the other end the fingers come straight off the end but are bent up.
 
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