# Incident 20000322002029I: Boeing 7372B7, Tampa, FL, March 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2000, 22:40 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372B7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000322002029I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MARCH 22, 2000, AT 2240 EST, A B-737-200, OPERATED BY US AIR, DEPARTED FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TPA) AND REPORTED HAVING RUDDER PROBLEMS AND RETURNED TO TPA.  CAPT WROTE IN THE MAINTENANCE LOG HE HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE RUDDER TRIM, 3 TO 3 1/2 DEGREES TO MAINTAIN WINGS LEVEL.  MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND THE YAW DAMPER COUPLE, PN 32213, MALFUNCTIONING.  YAW DAMPER COUPLER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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