Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
September 21, 2004
Submitted
September 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N799AL
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45922335
Aircraft time
74,833 hours, 23,286 cycles
Part
Yaw Damper
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autoflight
Part time
74,833 hours, 23,286 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM WSAP, YAW DAMPER ENGAGED, RUDDER KICKED TO THE LEFT. DISENGAGED YAW DAMPER. CREW TRIED TO RE-ENGAGE YAW DAMPER AND RUDDER KICKED LEFT AGAIN, TURNED OFF YAW DAMPER. CREW RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO WSAP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. AS SOON AS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IT WILL BE PROVIDED.

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