Service difficulty report · Pedal · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
October 11, 2003
Submitted
October 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N207SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120266
Aircraft time
29,370 hours, 36,208 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Part
Pedal
Condition
Restricted
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AFTER ROTATION, RT RUDDER PEDAL RESTRICTED, WITH ABOUT 1 INCH OF MOVEMENT. RAN QRH JAMMED RUDDER PROCEDURE, TURNED OFF BLUE SYSTEM AND NORMAL RUDDER TRAVEL RETURNED.AFTER RUDDER DEFLECTIONS LEFT AND RIGHT WITH BLUE AND GREEN SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY ABOVE. OPS CHECK GOOD. UPDATE 10/14/03: REMOVED AND REPLACED BLUE HYD RUDDER ACTUATOR DUE TO FAILURE OF HEALTH CHECK. OPS CHECKS GOOD.

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