What was found
CLIMBING THROUGH FL230 THE NR 1 RUDDER HYD CAUTION ILLUMINATED. HYD PRESS AND QTY REMAINED NORMAL. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. FCECU REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. OPS CHECK OF RUDDER SYS-GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- August 29, 2013
- Submitted
- September 3, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N407QX
- Make and model
- Bombdr DHC8402
- Aircraft serial
- 4049
- Aircraft time
- 29,232 hours, 30,607 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2720 · Rudder Control System
- Part
- Control Unit
- Part number
- 3985001009
- Part serial
- 00126
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Rudder
- Part time
- 14,794 hours, 15,500 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.