Originally Posted by
SJR71
I hope to God this situation has been remedied years ago . The US Air pilots were highly qualified aviators,caught up in enigma. A C-141A experienced a simulator upset, known as the only supersonic C141A in the C-141 accident database. A shorted diode in the Yaw Dampener test circuit caused the rudder to fully deflect at FL 410 over Vancouver, Canada enroute to Alaska Read the report .
Does the report really refer to "yaw dampener" and not "yaw damper"?