Service difficulty report · Thrust Reverser · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 30, 2017
Submitted
January 3, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N233XL
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605233
Aircraft time
3,654 hours, 2,511 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Part
Thrust Reverser
Part number
64ND780024
Part serial
472
Condition
Partial Deploy
Part time
3,654 hours, 2,511 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRPLANE HAD SHALLOW VIBRATION INFLIGHT. VIBRATION INCREASED WITH AIRSPEED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AS A PRECAUTION. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING POST FLIGHT, FOUND BOTTOM PORTION OF RIGHT THRUST REVERSER TO BE DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY A 1/2 INCH.

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