May 2017
Rigging Cables with Roll Swaged End Terminals - Inspection / Replacement
All Microlights of the following types where P & M Aviation Ltd are the Type Approval Holder:
- BM4 Gemini Flash
- BMIO Pegasus Flash
- BIVI14 Gemini Flash 2
- BIVI16 Scorcher
- BM17 Pegasus Flash 2
- BM23 Gemini Flash 2 Alpha
- BM43 Mainair Mercury
- BM47 Mainair Blade
- BM51 Mainair Blade 912
- BM54 Mainair Rapier
- BM60 Mainair Blade 912S
- BM70 Quik GT450
- BM77 QuikR
- BM80 Quik GTR
- BM81 PulsR
A P&M Quik GT450 in a flying school had a partial failure of a lower side rigging cable (Part No. YQD-045) when recovering from a spiral manoeuvre, within the limits of the
flight envelope. These cables are arranged in pairs, to give a backup load path. The second cable carried the load and the aircraft landed safely.