Service difficulty report · Rudder · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 18, 2011
Submitted
November 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N437QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4240
Aircraft time
5,122 hours, 5,498 cycles
Part
Rudder
Condition
Frozen
Part time
5,122 hours, 5,498 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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 FINAL APPROACH AT 4000 FT. -5 DEG C IN ICING CONDITIONS FOUND RUDDER FROZEN IN PLACE. CREW TRIED TO MOVE RUDDER AND IT REQUIRED FORCEFUL PULL TO BREAK FREE. THEN NORMAL. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. RUDDER CABLE RUNS WERE INSPECTED, KICK PANELS AROUND RUDDER PEDALS INSPECTED, NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPERATED RUDDER SYS WITH BUNGEES DISCONNECTED, SYS OPERATED SMOOTHLY AND MADE FULL TRAVEL TO STOPS. BUNGEES RECONNECTED WITH REPLACEMENT OF RUDDER FEEL TRIM UNIT, TESTED GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.