Narrative:

We received a rud limiter caution message soon after takeoff. We complied with QRH procedure which required landing at the nearest suitable airport. I consulted dispatch and we decided atl was the nearest suitable airport. I declared an emergency and told ATC we needed to burn off about 1900 pounds of fuel to be below max landing weight. I had approach control vector us until they could find a good holding location for us. I asked my first officer to also go over the QRH procedure; after he read the procedure he concurred we were doing the correct procedure. We briefed the flight attendants and passengers of our problem. Once at an acceptable landing weight we advised approach that we could return and land. We landed without further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ700 Captain experiences a Rudder Limiter caution message shortly after takeoff. QRH procedure has crew landing at nearest suitable airport and they elect to return to departure airport.

Narrative: We received a RUD LIMITER Caution message soon after takeoff. We complied with QRH procedure which required landing at the nearest suitable airport. I consulted dispatch and we decided ATL was the nearest suitable airport. I declared an emergency and told ATC we needed to burn off about 1900 pounds of fuel to be below max landing weight. I had approach control vector us until they could find a good holding location for us. I asked my First Officer to also go over the QRH procedure; after he read the procedure he concurred we were doing the correct procedure. We briefed the flight attendants and passengers of our problem. Once at an acceptable landing weight we advised approach that we could return and land. We landed without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.