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Rudder System Recommendation Could Portend More to Come

Steve Scott

Monday, June 7th, 2004

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A recommendation to modify the Airbus A300-600 rudder travel limiter (RTL) to prevent excessive aerodynamic loads could be the first of more calls to improve the airplane's rudder control system. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a May 28 recommendation based on its findings that the RTL did not limit rudder movement as designed when an American Airlines [AMR] A300-600 involved in a 1997 stall event experienced rapid airspeed changes that outran the limiter's ability to keep up. As…

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