Aircraft equipment problem malfunction mandates a return land.

Attributes
ACN	266888
Time
Date	199403
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : csn airport : iad
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude landing other other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zdc
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 6100 flight time type : 45
ASRS Report	266888
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After departure from iad, 'rudder pressure' and 'rudder full pressure' caution lights flashed on. Checklists were called for and a return to iad with no further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB MALFUNCTION MANDATES A RETURN LAND.

Narrative: AFTER DEP FROM IAD, 'RUDDER PRESSURE' AND 'RUDDER FULL PRESSURE' CAUTION LIGHTS FLASHED ON. CHKLISTS WERE CALLED FOR AND A RETURN TO IAD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.