Service difficulty report · Cable · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
March 26, 2017
Submitted
March 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
680A0027
Aircraft time
752 hours, 530 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Uplock
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF RETRACTED GEAR, INDICATED UP BUT SOUNDED MORE ABRUPT AND LOUDER THAN NORMAL. INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL UNTIL PASSING THRU ABOUT 11000 FEET AND ACCELERATED THRU ABOUT 260 TO 270 KNOTS. THEN WE HEARD A SERIES OF 3 TO 5 SECONDS OF LOUD THUMPS AND BUMPS LIKE THE NOSE GEAR WAS TRYING TO RETRACT STILL INSIDE THE NOSE WHEEL COMPARTMENT. THIS HAPPENED FOR 3 TO FOUR TIMES WITHIN ABOUT TWO MINUTES. THE LAST TIME, GOT A CROSSHATCH ON NOSE GEAR AND THE OVERSPEND ON SPEED TAPE. SLOWED AIRCRAFT TO 200 KNOTS AND INDICATION REMAINED NORMAL. AFTER DESCENDING TO 8000 FEET PUT GEAR DOWN AND GOT ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS. RIGGED NOSE UPLOCK HOOK RELEASE CABLE AND PROPERLY INSTALLED CLEVIS BOLT AT THE UPLOCK HOOK. FUNCTIONAL CHECKS AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION CHECKS AND SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY. ALL WORK DONE IAW 680A MM 32-34-00