Service difficulty report · Link · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
December 31, 2002
Submitted
February 10, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
13,933 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Mcauly 4HFR34C754
Part
Link
Part number
5082003419
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Steering
Part time
14,068 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAXI AIRCRAFT, THE NOSE STEERING SYSTEM LOCKED INTO A HARD RT CONDITION. THIS ALSO AFFECTED THE RUDDER SYSTEM, POSITIONING THE RUDDER SYSTEM INTO A RT TURN CONDITION. A TOW BAR WAS ATTACHED AND THE NOSE STEERING SYSTEM EXERCISED, THIS RESULTED IN RELEASING THE NOSE STEERING SYSTEM / RUDDER CONTROL. NOSE STEERING LINK WAS REMOVED, DISASSEMBLED, INSPECTED, LUBRICATED, REASSEMBLED AND REINSTALLED. INSPECTION OF STEERING LINK DID NOT REVEAL ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE. A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM DID NOT REVEAL ANY PROBLEMS. AS A PRECAUTION THE STEERING LINK FORWARD ROD ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.