Service difficulty report · Actuator · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
February 24, 2014
Submitted
March 7, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145433
Aircraft time
31,889 hours, 28,272 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

ON TAKE OFF A/C YAWED TO THE RIGHT ABRUPTLY. WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE AND CONTROL THE AIRPLANE WITH RUDDER, BUT YAW TRIM WAS STUCK IN FULL RIGHT POSITION. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF FLYING WE WERE ABLE TO GET YAW TRIM TO WORK NORMALLY AND RECENTERED TRIM. ACCOMPLISHED ADJUSTMENT/TEST OF YAW TRIM ACUTATOR IAW EMB 145 AMM 27-24-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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