NTSB and Rudders
Wino,
The NTSB really had to work hard to find some mechanical fault to cause a supposed rudder problem.
As you will recall they then determined that the United 585 accident at Colorado Springs, CO must have experienced the same problem, so they finally solved this previous accident by blaming it on the rudder also.
I don't know if you have read the ATC Chairman's Factual Report on this accident. It is very enlightening! The NTSB never acknowledged or mentioned it in the final report!!!
This 'Factual' report contains the sworn statements of the final controller handling the aircraft at the time of the accident. Qiuote from Mr. Rayfield (final controller), "The aircraft never rolled it went straight in"! etc., etc.
You quote the supposed problem in the 427 accident, "You step with right foot and it goes left and then jams at the stop." Please explain the fact that both pilots' left legs were fully extended at impact (medical examiner) and both left rudder pedals were sheared off their support structures!!
The NTSB will do whatever is needed to cover-up accidents that might alarm the flying public , meanwhile they are obscuring the real causes! They have removed essential data from the official report on the TWA 800 accident, they are reading the FDR readout from the Zero G line!, They have ignored evidence in the EgyptAir 990 accident and implied evidence that is absolutely not true.!! etc. Save us from the NTSB!!
Cheers!!