Service difficulty report · Feel Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
March 24, 2011
Submitted
March 28, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N406QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4048
Aircraft time
24,076 hours, 25,156 cycles
Part
Feel Unit
Part number
3995001007
Part serial
058
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 300
Part time
24,053 hours, 24,971 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON HIGH DOWNWIND (5000') ATTEMPED TO APPLY LT RUDDER FOLLOWING POWER REDUCTION AND LT RUDDER PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE. INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF FORCE APPLIED UNTIL PEDAL "BROKE FREE" RESULTING IN MODERATE ACFT YAW. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. GVI OF CABLE RUN FOR ROUTING AND OBSTRUCTIONS-NONE FOUND CHECKED GOOD. TECH SERVICES REQUEST TO REPLACE THE RUDDER FEEL UNIT. C/W REQUEST AND REPLACED UNIT. ALSO REPLACED THE AFT RUDDER DUE TO SKIN DAMAGE FOUND AT THE CTR STATIC WICK MOUNT IN LOCATION. ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD NO DEFECTS NOTED IN THE CABLE/PULLEYS. ACFT RELEASE FOR CHECK FLIGHT AND CHECKS, RETURNED TO SERVICE.