Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
February 24, 2004
Submitted
February 25, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N72825
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49485
Aircraft time
50,768 hours, 24,433 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MACH TRIM INOP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DUTCH ROLL AT 31,000 FEET EN ROUTE. QRH PROCEDURE COMPLETED, BUT NO CHANGE RESULTED. THERE WAS MINIMUM CONTROL WITH THE RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO BWI WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DFGS SW-B CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. TROUBLESHOOTING THE WIRING IAW MM 22-16-11 FOUND A SHORTED WIRE (RUDDER POSITION SENSOR WIRE, WIRE 2C610X22RD) IN TAIL COMPARTMENT BETWEEN S30-5 AND P10-429. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED IAW STANDARD WIRING PRACTICES MANUAL 20-10-03. RUDDER WAS CHECKED FOR EXCESS FRICTION IAW MM 27-20-00 AND ALL CHECKED NORMAL. RETURN TO SERVICE TEST WAS PERFORMED ON NR 1 & 2 DFGS IAW MM 22-01-05 AND BOTH PASSED THE TEST.

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