Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
February 4, 2013
Submitted
February 13, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N665QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605165
Aircraft time
10,206 hours, 8,146 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
53071
Part serial
1367C
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Rudder
Part time
516 hours, 427 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BOTH RUDDER PEDALS ARE IMMOVABLE DURING FLIGHT. DURING FLIGHT IN ALL PHASES, IN ALL POWER SETTINGS, NEITHER PILOT IS ABLE TO MOVE THE RUDDER PEDALS AT ALL. AUTO PILOT AND YAW DAMP WAS CONFIRMED OFF. RUDDER BOOST CHECK ON GROUND CHECKED OK. PEDALS WORK CORRECTLY ON GROUND. INSPECTED SYS AND FOUND ALL 4 AIR LINE DRAIN CAPS MOISTURE HOLES CLOGGED NOT ALLOWING MOISTURE TO ESCAPE THE SYS. ALSO FOUND CORROSION AND GALLING ON BOTH INLETS TO THE RUDDER BIAS CONTROL VALVE. CLEANED ALL DRAIN CAP MOISTURE HOLES AND REPLACED RUDDER BIAS CONTROL VALVE WITH O/H UNIT IAW MM. OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME.

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