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B757-200 flight crew reported landing safely after receiving a rudder ratio EICAS and warning light.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1407346 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Rudder Control System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During climb; we had a rudder ratio EICAS message and a rudder ratio light on the overhead panel. Simultaneously complying with the QRH procedures; changing configuration; radio calls; and navigation to join the star; we were at our planned cruise altitude of 9000' for our very short flight. The 15kt crosswind limitation per QRH dictated careful analysis of existing wind for particular runways at [destination] and our alternate. [Ops] was consulted several times. We received updated winds which made [the selected runway] the only runway we could use to stay within our x/wind limitation. ATC informed us about a 30 minute delay since the flow was for [a different runway]. We could accept this delay since we had adequate fuel though we discussed the alternate and its fuel requirements with possible x/wind scenarios accompanied with gusty winds. After 10 minutes of vectoring ATC informed us that [the] runway was closing soon. We had no assurance that the winds in [our alternate] would not shift to an unfavorable direction exceeding limitations with unknown runway closures with snow removal. We [requested] priority handling with flight control malfunctions and landed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757-200 flight crew reported landing safely after receiving a Rudder Ratio EICAS and warning light.
Narrative: During climb; we had a Rudder Ratio EICAS message and a Rudder Ratio light on the overhead panel. Simultaneously complying with the QRH procedures; changing configuration; radio calls; and navigation to join the Star; we were at our planned cruise altitude of 9000' for our very short flight. The 15kt crosswind limitation per QRH dictated careful analysis of existing wind for particular runways at [destination] and our alternate. [Ops] was consulted several times. We received updated winds which made [the selected runway] the only runway we could use to stay within our x/wind limitation. ATC informed us about a 30 minute delay since the flow was for [a different runway]. We could accept this delay since we had adequate fuel though we discussed the alternate and its fuel requirements with possible x/wind scenarios accompanied with gusty winds. After 10 minutes of vectoring ATC informed us that [the] runway was closing soon. We had no assurance that the winds in [our alternate] would not shift to an unfavorable direction exceeding limitations with unknown runway closures with snow removal. We [requested] priority handling with flight control malfunctions and landed uneventfully.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.