What was found
CAPTAIN`S AND F/O RUDDER PEDALS BECAME INCREASINGLY STIFF AT HIGHER ENGINE POWER SETTINGS. FOUND RUDDER BIAS ACTUATOR CORRODED AND FULL OF WATER. REPLACED ACTUATOR IAW THE MM 27-20-05. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- November 15, 2011
- Submitted
- November 16, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N568QS
- Make and model
- Cessna 560XL
- Aircraft serial
- 5605829
- Aircraft time
- 2,508 hours, 1,967 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2720 · Rudder Control System
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 666061312
- Part serial
- 030309
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Rudder Pedals
- Part time
- 1,885 hours, 1,446 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.