Service difficulty report · Yaw Damper · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 1, 2009
Submitted
January 5, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4031
Aircraft time
19,288 hours, 19,671 cycles
Part
Yaw Damper
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ACFT WAS EXPERIENCING A SLIGHT NOSE LT NOSE RT OSCILLATION DURING CLIMB AND CRUISE. PFCS SHOWED MINOR OSCILLATIONS OF RUDDER ALSO. TURNING OFF YAW DAMPER, RIGHT TO LEFT MOVEMENT OF ACFT STOPPED . PERFORMED OPS TESTS OF THE YAW DAMPER ACTUATOR IAW AMM TASK 22-11-36-710-801 OBSERVING PFCS AND INTEGRATED CDS. ALL TESTS ARE GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO PARTS REPLACED.