Service difficulty report · Actuator · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
July 28, 2009
Submitted
August 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
156
Aircraft time
51,943 hours, 57,572 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
H914A
Part serial
11773
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder
Part time
32,382 hours, 35,411 cycles
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON JULY 27, CREW REPORTED RUDDER TRIM WOULD NOT WORK IN SLOW MODE. PHL MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, RUDDER TRIM OPS CHECK GOOD. ON JULY 28, CREW REPORTED RUDDER TRIM WOULD NOT WORK IN SLOW MODE. PHL MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED TRIM PANEL IAW AMM 27-22-11, RUDDER TRIM OPS CHECKED GOOD. CREW REPORTED RUDDER TRIM WOULD NOT WORK IN SLOW MODE. SBY MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED RUDDER TRIM ACTUATOR PER PIEDMONT BULLETIN 27-20-37. COMMENT: SUBMITTER BELIEVES PREVIOUS REFERENCE ENTERED IN PIEDMONT SYSTEM IN ERROR AND CORRECT REFERENCES ARE AMM 27-20-37 AND PIEDMONT BULLETIN 27-9.