# Incident 20210810006899I: Cessna 560XL, Forth Worth, TX, August 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2021, 15:00 local time
- Place: Forth Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 9JLA
- Aircraft: N817BZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N817BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B (registry code 52186, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,377 total, 625 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210810006899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE RAISING GEAR FOLLOWING T/O, SIC NOTED THE KNOB ON THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE FELT LOOSE. DURING THE DESCENT, HIS ATTENTION WAS RETURNED TO THE L/G HANDLE WHEN HE NOTICED A SET SCREW COMING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE KNOB ON THE L/G HANDLE. HE FELT THE SCREW AND THEN WIGGLED THE L/G HANDLE. UPON WIGGLING THE L/G HANDLE, THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON, A MOMENTARY ILLUMINATION OF THE HYDRAULIC PRESS LIGHT, AND THE SOUND OF AIR RUSHING, (SIMILAR TO THE SOUND WHICH HAPPENS WHEN THE LANDING GEAR CYCLE BEGINS.) HE IMMEDIATELY ENSURED THE HANDLE WAS IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION, THE CYCLE OF THE L/G STOPPED.  THE PIC SLOWED THE A/C TO BELOW 200 KTS, AT WHICH TIME THE L/G UNSAFE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THEY CONTINUED THE FLIGHT BELOW 200 KTS.

UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, THEY NOTED THE LEFT MAIN L/G DOOR WAS MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

ESTIMATED ALTITUDE AT TIME OF EVENT WAS 17000' DESCENDING. ESTIMATED AIRSPEED WAS 270 KTS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.