Service difficulty report · Rudder Control · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
August 12, 2022
Submitted
August 15, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0262
Aircraft time
1,964 hours, 1,293 cycles
Part
Rudder Control
Condition
Pilot Error
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RUDDER CONTROL: RUDDER CONTROL WAS LIMITED TO APPROX 10% EFFECTIVE TO 50% EFFECTIVE. MORE THAN NORMAL FOOT PRESSURE WAS NEEDED TO OPERATE THE RUDDERS//CORRECTIVE ACTION//ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND POWERED UP EVERYTHING. PUSHED ON THE RUDDER PEDALS AND WAS EASY TO PUSH. NO BINDING OR HEAVY MOVEMENTS WERE FELT THROUGHOUT THE CHECK. VERIFIED WITH COWORKER THE RUDDER WAS MOVING TO EACH SIDE FREELY. WE APPLIED THE YAW DAMP AUTO-PILOT FUNCTION AND THE RUDDER PEDALS DID NOT MOVE. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE YAW DAMP THE RUDDER PEDALS MOVED FREELY ON BOTH PILOT AND CO-PILOT SIDE, AT THIS POINT CANNOT DUPUCATE DISCREPANCY AND THE ARES DATA SHOWS THAT IT WAS A PILOT INDUCED FAULT. REF CE-C80A AMM 22-10-00 AND 27-20-00,

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