SDR SABA020045

Service difficulty report · Dampener · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
April 3, 2002
Submitted
April 8, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801WP
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
086
Aircraft time
32,800 hours, 43,514 cycles
Part
Dampener
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Autopilot Sys
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

AIRCRAFT 801 ON FLIGHT 5097 FROM CLT TO PGV. AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT CHANNEL OF THE YAW DAMP SYSTEM FAILED. THE YAW DAMP SYSTEM FAILED TO TRANSFER FROM THE RIGHT CHANNEL TO THE LEFT CHANNEL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLT AND LANDED WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM CHECK OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT YAW DAMP SYSTEMS PER DHAV MAINTENANCE MANUAL. SYSTEM CHECK WAS GOOD. NO TROUBLE WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT OR RIGHT SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.