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An A300-600's dual rudder limiting system failed. An emergency was declared with a diversion. Next flight with one system available; it failed again leading to an emergency and return to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 733843 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 32000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 733843 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Dual failure of rudder limiting system; ECAM actions failed to reinstate system. Contacted maintenance technician and dispatch; elected to declare emergency and divert to ZZZ1. Landed overweight at 323000 pounds at 200 FPM. Maintenance action placarded #1 system and replaced #2 computer. Re-dispatched for ZZZ2. #2 system failed on departure; emergency declared and landed back at ZZZ1. Aircraft OTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300-600'S DUAL RUDDER LIMITING SYSTEM FAILED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH A DIVERSION. NEXT FLT WITH ONE SYSTEM AVAILABLE; IT FAILED AGAIN LEADING TO AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO LAND.
Narrative: DUAL FAILURE OF RUDDER LIMITING SYS; ECAM ACTIONS FAILED TO REINSTATE SYS. CONTACTED MAINT TECHNICIAN AND DISPATCH; ELECTED TO DECLARE EMER AND DIVERT TO ZZZ1. LANDED OVERWT AT 323000 LBS AT 200 FPM. MAINT ACTION PLACARDED #1 SYS AND REPLACED #2 COMPUTER. RE-DISPATCHED FOR ZZZ2. #2 SYS FAILED ON DEP; EMER DECLARED AND LANDED BACK AT ZZZ1. ACFT OTS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.