What was found
IN CRUISE FLIGHT, FL350, MACH .770, AUTOPILOT ON. RUDDER GAVE UNCOMMANDED INPUT TO LEFT SIDE ON TWO OCCASIONS. RETURNED TO CENTER BY ITSELF, YAW DAMPER ON. REPLACED YAW AXIS COMPUTER. SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW DC-8 MM 22-10-00.
- Difficulty date
- March 12, 2003
- Submitted
- March 14, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N822AX
- Make and model
- Doug DC863
- Aircraft serial
- 46079
- Aircraft time
- 71,525 hours, 23,502 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2210 · Autopilot System
- Part
- Computer
- Part number
- 2588787904
- Part serial
- 0880347
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- E & E Bay
- Part time
- 39 hours, 36 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.