Service difficulty report · Steering Unit · Dhav DHC3

Difficulty date
March 27, 2014
Submitted
April 15, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N320KT
Make and model
Dhav DHC3
Aircraft serial
73
Aircraft time
24,458 hours, 1 cycles
Part
Steering Unit
Part number
R652
Part serial
71101
Condition
Faulty
Location
Tlg
Part time
156 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

TAIL WHEEL STEERING UNIT CAUSES YAW DAMPENER TO TURN ON UN-COMMANDED. TAIL WHEEL STEERING UNIT HAS AN ELEC COIL THAT IS UNPROTECTED BY A DIODE. THE COLLAPSE OF THE ELEC COILS FIELD CAUSES THE SENSITIVE YAW DAMPENER TO TURN ON UN-COMMANDED.