Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
May 28, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
9,804 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Yaw Damper
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder Control
Stage of operation
CL
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

(CAN) ON DEPARTURE JUST AFTER V1 THE ACFT PULLED ABRUPTLY TO THE LT, CORRECTED WITH RT RUDDER AS WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO ROTATE. FLEW THE DEPARTURE IAW SOP. RULED OUT A WIND GUST BECAUSE THE WIND WAS LIGHT AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. CHECKED FOR FAULT CODES. THE ONLY SCU FAULT WAS EHVS. THE ONLY FCS FAULT WAS IFC FAILURE. BOTH FAULT CODES CLEARED. OPC OF ALL THE FLIGHT CONTROLS C/O, NFF. GVI WALK AROUND C/O, NFF. FDR DATA RETRIEVED VIA THE QAR/FDM. FDR DATA ANALYZED, DATA SHOWED THAT THE RUDDER DID A 5 DEGREE MOVEMENT TO THE LT CAUSING THE VEER. AGREED AT THE TIME THAT THE YAW DAMPER LIKELY CAUSED THIS UNCOMMANDED RUDDER MOVEMENT. YAW DAMPER DEFERRED. ACFT WAS GROUNDED UNTIL THE YAW DAMPER COULD BE REPLACED.