Service difficulty report · Duct · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
November 21, 2017
Submitted
December 4, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N345HC
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK421
Aircraft time
5,783 hours, 4,802 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
45A4030141
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Bleed Air
Part time
5,783 hours, 4,802 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW FOR THIS AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED HAVING AN UNEXPLAINABLE DISPLACE OF THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL. THEY INDICATED THAT THE PEDAL DISPLACED ABOUT HALF TRAVEL IN FLIGHT. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO TRIM OUT THE YAW MOMENT AND CONTINUE THE FLIGHT. THE CREW BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE AUTO-PILOT SYSTEM AT THE TIME. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THAT A RUDDER BOOST BLEED AIR FITTING HAD BROKEN OFF OF A BLEED AIR TUBE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THUS CAUSING A FAILURE OF THE RUDDER BOOST SYSTEM. THE BLEED AIR DUCT WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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