Service difficulty report · Transducer · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 5, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Part
Transducer
Part number
2588787904
Condition
Failed
Location
Yaw Damper
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UNCOMMANDED RUDDER INPUTS, TURNED YAW DAMPER OFF AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. INSPECTED AND FOUND YAW CHANNEL COMPUTER FAILED SEVERAL TESTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED YAW COMP PER MM 22-11-1. ALSO, REMOVED AND REPLACED RUDDER POSITION TRANSDUCER TRANSFORMER PER MM 27-21-0. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

More about the Doug DC-8-73F