Maintenance person reported that many B737's have been found to have broken flight control cables.

Narrative:

This crew flew this 737 two legs; into ZZZ1 and then into ZZZ; with low elevator forces. I have seen numerous broken flight control cables on our 737 fleet here in ZZZ in the last couple years and as our largest fleet with the largest number of flights; it is unnerving that our crews are flying these aircraft with flight control discrepancies. Maybe our crews should read up on [past accidents involving control issues].

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance person reported that many B737's have been found to have broken flight control cables.

Narrative: This crew flew this 737 two legs; into ZZZ1 and then into ZZZ; with low elevator forces. I have seen numerous broken flight control cables on our 737 fleet here in ZZZ in the last couple years and as our largest fleet with the largest number of flights; it is unnerving that our crews are flying these aircraft with flight control discrepancies. Maybe our crews should read up on [past accidents involving control issues].

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1582634
Time
Date	201809
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Elevator Control Column
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy