Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 23, 2012
Submitted
January 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4246
Aircraft time
5,506 hours, 5,944 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3995001007
Part serial
0429
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder Feel
Part time
1,781 hours, 1,851 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

WHEN DESCENDING AT HIGH SPEEDS (270KIAS AT 14000') RUDDER APPEARS STIFF ; POPS-FREE. RUDDER OPERATES NORMALLY AT LOWER SPEEDS (IE250 & BELOW). LANDING UNEVENTFUL. INSPECTED AND FOUND RFTU WITH RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT, REPLACED RUDDER FEEL UNIT AND PERFORMED DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM, ALL POST MX TEST CHECKED GOOD. TEST FLIGHT OK.