Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Boeing 75724APF

Difficulty date
January 8, 2014
Submitted
January 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402UP
Make and model
Boeing 75724APF
Aircraft serial
23724
Part
Yaw Damper
Condition
Faulted
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT SUDDENLY STARTED TO YAW SHARPLY, BOTH LT & RT BALL DEFLECTED FULL SCALE IN SLIP INDICATOR. DESCENT TO FL300 & SPEED REDUCTION TO .78 MACH, TURNING OFF AUTOPILOT HELPED. YAWING STOPPED. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM 22-21-00. FOUND LT YAW DAMPER SYSTEM FAULTED. LVDT FAULT BALL ON YAW DAMPER MODULE. LEFT YAW DAMPER SERVO REMOVED IAW AMM 22-21-02-024-057. GVI OF AIRFRAME & HARDWARE. NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSTALLED LT YAW DAMPER IAW MM 22-21-02-424-017. EFF SOURCE IPC 22-21-02-01, ITEM 010.

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