Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
January 16, 2011
Submitted
January 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500293
Aircraft time
1,848 hours, 1,105 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
99146003
Part serial
108
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT, DURING CLIMBOUT FOR ABOUT 1000' FROM 15,000 TO 16,000 AT AN AIRSPEED OF 300KTS THE UPPER RUDDER BEGAN TO FLUTTER/PULSATE RAPIDLY LT AND RT. AFTER THE INITIAL PULSING, IT CALMED DOWN TO A SLOW CONTINUAL PULSATION BEING MORE PRONOUNCED ABOVE 300KTS AND INCREASING ABOVE 320KTS. SLOWED DOWN, THE PULSATION BECAME LESS NOTICEABLE; IT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY TO LANDING. NEVER RECEIVED AN EICAS WARNING OF A PROBLEM; THE SCHEMATIC OF THE UPPER RUDDER CARROT CONTINUED TO INDICATE THIS PULSING LT AND RT. UPPER RUDDER B WAS IN CONTROL. REMOVED AND REPLACED UPPER RUDDER ACTUATOR FROM THE VERTICAL FIN IAW MM 27-24-01, REV 41. OPS CHECKED SUCCESSFULLY IAW MM 27-24-01, REV 41.

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