SDR S2YA97015

Service difficulty report · Rudder Boost · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
March 27, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N901SK
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE90
Part
Rudder Boost
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Aft Fuselage
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MKE/MSN - FLT 1876 - ON TAKEOFF WITH ENGINES AT HIGH POWER, THE CAPTAIN FOUND THE RT RUDDER PEDAL STIFF. HE NOTIFIED ATC HE WISHED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MKE. CFR WAS CALLED OUT, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ONCE AT THE GATE, ACFT INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE, FOUND THE RUDDER BOOST INOPERATIVE. THE RUDDER BOOST WAS MEL'D AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE RUDDER BOOST MEL WAS CLEARED ON 3-29-97 BY SWAPPING AN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LINE AND AN OIL VENT LINE GOING TO THE RUDDER BOOST PRESSURE TRANSDUCER ON THE RT ENGINE. THE SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD, AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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