Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
December 1, 2001
Submitted
December 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N436JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3052
Aircraft time
16,506 hours, 14,806 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PULLING OFF THE GATE, THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILED. AS SOON AS THE WHEEL WAS STRAIGHTENED THE FAIL LIGHT WENT OUT. AS FLIGHT 4106 TOOK THE RUNWAY THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILED AGAIN. THE CREW CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND PERFORMED SEVERAL TURNS BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FLIGHT 4106 WAS THEN CLEARED FOR ANOTHER TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. FLIGHT 4106 THEN DEPARTED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS.