SDR YQSA2023110700001

Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date: November 5, 2023
Submitted: November 7, 2023
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N852SH
Make and model: Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial: 5600476
Aircraft time: 3,379 hours, 2,193 cycles
System (JASC): 5280 · Landing Gear Doors
Part: Door
Condition: Missing
Location: Mlg
Part time: 3,379 hours, 2,193 cycles
Stage of operation: DE
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: E, D, Z
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

CLIMBED OUT OF VEGAS, WAS HIT BY WAKE TURBULENCE FROM AIRLINER. ABOUT 10,000 FEET VIBRATION STARTED IN NOSE, CYCLED GEAR TO HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE ISSUE, PERSISTED THE WHOLE FLIGHT. UPON DESCENT, VIBRATION INCREASED UNTIL 6000 WHEN A “THUMP” WAS HEARD. LANDED WITH NO ISSUE, ON GROUND DISCOVERED RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS GONE.