Service difficulty report · Steering Sys · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
February 14, 2013
Submitted
February 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N743QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
216
Aircraft time
3,299 hours, 2,071 cycles
Part
Steering Sys
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NOSE WHEEL STEERING INOPERATIVE. TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO ENGAGE. ONCE ENGAGED, IT WAS PULLING RIGHT. IN THE RT TURN, IT FAIL COMPLETELY FULL RIGHT. COMPLIED WITH NOSE STEERING TROUBLESHOOTING. DURING OPS CHECK, FOUND STEERING TO LT TRAVELS TO FULL DEFLECTION WITH NO DEFECTS, WHEN STEERING TO RT, FOUND STEERING FAIL CAWS MESSAGE COME ON AT 20 DEGREES AND WAS ABLE TO RESET TO NEUTRAL BY TURNING OFF SWITCH. AT 40 DEGREES TRAVELS, WILL NOT RESET TO NEUTRAL UNLESS WHEELS ARE MANUALLY CENTERED. STEERING ECU SHOW VEL LED ON COMPUTER FACE. PERFORMED NOSE WHEEL STEERING FEEDBACK POTENTIOMETER ADJUSTMENT & TEST, STEPS 1A THRU 1B-38 IAW MM 32-50-10. OPS CHECKED GOOD. NO FURTHER DEFECT NOTED.