Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
March 4, 2019
Submitted
March 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605599
Aircraft time
10,303 hours, 8,083 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Vibration
Stage of operation
CR
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

AIRFRAME VIBRATION - IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL410 WE EXPERIENCED AN AIRFRAME VIBRATION. IT SOUNDED LIKE A PUMP RUNNING ON AND OFF AND SOUNDED LIKE A DEEPER BASS TYPE OF NOISE. THIS NOISE WAS VERY PRONOUNCED WITH OR WITHOUT HEADSETS. CREW LOOKED AT WINGS AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE IN FLIGHT THAT IT WAS THAT AND WE DID NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF IT BEING AN OUTFLOW VALVE. THE VIBRATION AND NOISE COULD BE FELT IN THE FLOOR AND HEARD THROUGHOUT THE CABIN BUT NOT MUCH VIBRATION IN THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. THIS NOISE PERSISTED ON THE DECSENT WHEN WE SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS NOT AS PRONOUNCED. **SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - PRESSURIZED A/C WITH SHOP AIR AND ENGINES, NO ABNORMAL VIBRATIONS OR SOUNDS NOTED. INSPECTED MED DOOR SEALS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND EXTENDED FOR ALIGNMENT ISSUES, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. DONE IAW MM 21-30-00, 52-10-00, 32-10-00.

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