SDR 99ZZZM2

Service difficulty report · Wire · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
December 7, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3114G
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC583
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON LANDING ROLLOUT AT SLU, A/C BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RT, WITH THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING ARMED. THE PILOT MAINTAINED THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH THE RUDDER BUT AS THE A/C SLOWED, THE RUDDER BECAME LESS EFFECTIVE AND NOSEWHEEL STEERING STILL DID NOT RESPOND. PILOT APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL POWER AND BRAKES BUT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS WAS REDUCED DUE TO WET RUNWAY. PILOT APPLIED FULL REVERSE TO AVOID IMPACTING THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND FENCE. THE A/C CAME TO A FULL STOP APPROX 4 FT OFF RUNWAY. MX DID VISUAL INSPECT OF L/G, WHEELS, BRAKES, AND PROPELLERS AND NO DAMAGE TO A/C FOUND. MX DEFERRED NOSE WHEEL STEERING AND A/C WAS FERRIED TO SJU FOR FURTHER MX. MX AT SJU PERFORMED GEAR SWING RETRACTION AND THE OPS CHECK WAS GOO