Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Doug DC861

Difficulty date
June 18, 2002
Submitted
June 21, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N30UA
Make and model
Doug DC861
Aircraft serial
45888
Aircraft time
60,522 hours, 51,038 cycles
Part
Feel Unit
Part number
370963501
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RUDDER OPERATION ERRATIC FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES BUT DID NOT HELP. LANDED AT MIA WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED RUDDER LOAD FEEL AND TRIM MECHANISM ADJUSTMENT AND TESTED ON GROUND FOUND NORMAL IAW MM 27-23-1 AND 27-20-0. PRECAUTIONARY, REMOVED AND REPLACED RUDDER LINEAR TRANSDUCER IAW MM 27-21-6. NO LEAK NOTED. PERFORMED YAW CHANNEL SELF-TEST IAW MM 22-11-0 NORMAL.

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