On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 12:53:05 AM UTC+1, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Frankly, it’s a reflection of very poor maintenance if such defects are not noticed at inspection. I just completed a GFA annual inspectors airworthiness course,
and carefully inspection of all cables and their attachment points is mandatory.
Unfortunately, not all cable damage may be visible during routine inspection.

Years ago, I damaged a rudder cable on a Jantar-1 while installing other equipment - drilled a hole through the thing where its guide tube was glassed in the cockpit wall!

When we pulled the cable to replace it, we discovered a second damage point a foot or so from mine. The factory had apparently done the same thing during manufacture and the cable had lost a lot of its strands.

Mike