Service difficulty report · Sump · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 21, 2015
Submitted
December 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49347
Aircraft time
88,655 hours, 40,572 cycles
Part
Sump
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL, ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT, ACFT WAS GNDED. DURING APPROACH THE RUDDER TRAVEL UNRESTRICTED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE & RUDDER FELT STIFF. APPROACH ABORTED. DURING SECOND APPROACH THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THAWED ACFT IN HANGAR & DRAINED MOISTURE FROM RUDDER PITOT TUBE SUMP DRAIN IAW AMM 27-20-00. RUDDER SYS OPERATES FREELY WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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