What was found
ON APPROACH, THE ACFT RUDDER TRIM WENT TO FULL DEFLECTION. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED SAFELY. RUDDER TRIM ACTUATOR FOUND TO BE INTERMITTENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED ACTUATOR.
- Difficulty date
- April 16, 2012
- Submitted
- April 18, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N935SP
- Make and model
- Pilats PC1245
- Aircraft serial
- 245
- Aircraft time
- 17,265 hours, 22,405 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A67B
- Engine time
- 4,123 hours, 5,529 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2722 · Rudder Actuator
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 9787318132
- Part serial
- 523
- Condition
- Intermittent
- Location
- Rudder
- Part time
- 17,265 hours, 22,405 cycles
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.