Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 25, 2019
Submitted
November 25, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4166
Aircraft time
28,769 hours, 31,006 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3985001009
Part serial
00054
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rudder Hyd Sys
Part time
38,672 hours, 40,950 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.

What was found

"#1 RUD HYD" AND "RUD CTRL" CAUTIONS ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMB. THE RUD CTRL CAUTION WAS INTERMITTENT. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND THE FOLLOWING PRESENT FCECU FAULTS : 7E, 7C, 7A, 79, 78, 77, 76,75, 74, 72. CLEARED NVM OF FCECU, AND PRESSURIZED #1 AND #2 HYD SYSTEM, #1 RUD HYD CAUTION REMAINS ON AND THE FOLLOWING HARD FAILED FAULTS: FCECU FAILURE 6E, 6D, AND 6C. 98253 11/24/19. C/W Q400 FIM TASKS 27-21-26-810-801 AND 27-21-26-810-802 FOR FAULTS 6C AND 6D. CHECKED WIRING BETWEEN LOWER RUDDER PCU 2700-P3,P4,P5 AND FCECU 2700-P1, NO DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FCECU AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE IAW Q400 AMM 27-00-01-000-802/400-802, OP'S TESTS GOOD. C/W OP'S TEST OF RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM IAW Q400 AMM 27-20-00-710-802, OP'S TEST GOOD. NO FAULTS OR CAUTIONS WERE NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.