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Attributes | |
ACN | 885887 |
Time | |
Date | 201004 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | FO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Global 5000 (Bombardier) |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Descent |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Service/Access Door |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain |
Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
Experience | Air Traffic Control Radar 18 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 8600 Flight Crew Type 314 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
A vibration similar to the landing gear out or spoilers deployed was felt at about FL250. At that moment and to the end of the flight no abnormal indications were displayed in the cockpit but we nonetheless reduced speed to 250 KIAS and airplane response was normal. We continued descent; deployed gear as normal and vibration was the same. Then a boom noise was heard but with no changes in aircraft systems indication nor aircraft behavior or responses. No emergency was reported as all functions were normal. Landed uneventfully and a post flight walk around was performed revealed two access doors missing from the bottom of the wing to fuselage fairing and the frame angle that supported them broken. We notified bombardier aerospace and an investigation was opened. The aircraft has 314 total hours; and the lost panels have not been removed nor disturbed for any maintenance since aircraft delivery. Bombardier engineering issued a repair engineering order to make a temporary repair.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Bombardier Global 5;000 lost two wing fairing access doors in flight.
Narrative: A vibration similar to the landing gear out or spoilers deployed was felt at about FL250. At that moment and to the end of the flight no abnormal indications were displayed in the cockpit but we nonetheless reduced speed to 250 KIAS and airplane response was normal. We continued descent; deployed gear as normal and vibration was the same. Then a boom noise was heard but with no changes in aircraft systems indication nor aircraft behavior or responses. No emergency was reported as all functions were normal. Landed uneventfully and a post flight walk around was performed revealed two access doors missing from the bottom of the wing to fuselage fairing and the frame angle that supported them broken. We notified Bombardier Aerospace and an investigation was opened. The aircraft has 314 total hours; and the lost panels have not been removed nor disturbed for any maintenance since aircraft delivery. Bombardier Engineering issued a Repair Engineering Order to make a temporary repair.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.