What was found
WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED RUDDER DEFLECTION. REPLACED RUDDER PCU AND STANDBY RUDDER PCU DUE TO FAILURE TO RETURN TO NEUTRAL CONSISTENTLY.
- Difficulty date
- August 16, 2002
- Submitted
- August 28, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N307UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 23668
- Aircraft time
- 46,916 hours, 27,008 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM56*
- System (JASC)
- 2720 · Rudder Control System
- Part
- Pcu
- Part number
- 654486112
- Part serial
- 1761A
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.