Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 30, 2021
Submitted
August 3, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N247JX
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145763
Aircraft time
31,230 hours, 28,526 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Abnormal
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AT 4000 FEET OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN YAWING TO THE RIGHT REQUIRING LEFT RUDDER. ATTEMPTED YAW TRIM AND FOUND YAW TRIM INOP. APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER. FOLLOWED QRH OAKS BROUGHT PLANE BACK. WHEN BACK ON GROUND TRIED YAW TRIM AGAIN AND SEEMED TO WORK FINE. PERFORMED A DETAIL INSPECTION OF THE RUDDER BY OPENING RUDDER ACCESS PANELS, INSPECTED RUDDER ACTUATOR, TRIM ACTUATOR, RODS HARDWARE, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. PLACED AIRCRAFT ON JACKS, PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS WHILE DOING GEAR SWINGS OPERATED YAW TRIM FOR AT LEAST 10 TIMES, INSPECTED RUDDER PEDALS FOR BINDING AND ANY OBSTRUCTION OF THE MECHANISM. OPS/CHECKED GOOD. NO DAMAGE OR FAULTS FOUND, ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED ASSOCIATED RELAY.

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