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Captain of air carrier medium large transport aircraft found rudder trim setting and rudder pedals in the full deflection position during preflight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 222938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 222938 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Preflight inspection revealed rudder trim full deflection right rudder pedals displaced 8-10 inches. No other anomalies noted, ie, trim knob was centered, no circuit breakers popped. No obvious cause for situation. Possible causes: labor trouble at airline, misplaced jumpseat passenger. Aircraft on ground for 1 hour before we picked it up.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF ACR MLG ACFT FOUND RUDDER TRIM SETTING AND RUDDER PEDALS IN THE FULL DEFLECTION POS DURING PREFLT.
Narrative: PREFLT INSPECTION REVEALED RUDDER TRIM FULL DEFLECTION R RUDDER PEDALS DISPLACED 8-10 INCHES. NO OTHER ANOMALIES NOTED, IE, TRIM KNOB WAS CTRED, NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED. NO OBVIOUS CAUSE FOR SITUATION. POSSIBLE CAUSES: LABOR TROUBLE AT AIRLINE, MISPLACED JUMPSEAT PAX. ACFT ON GND FOR 1 HR BEFORE WE PICKED IT UP.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.