| Date: | Monday 2 December 2013 |
| Time: | 16:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 560 Citation Encore |
| Owner/operator: | NetJets |
| Registration: | N810QS |
| MSN: | 560-0625 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7752 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over Walton, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Fort Myers-Southwest Florida Regional Airport, FL (RSW/KRSW) |
| Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 560 Encore corporate jet, N810QS, was substantially damaged when an engine cowling departed the airplane inflight. The two flight crewmembers and one passenger on-board were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated from Fort Myers-Southwest Florida Regional Airport, FL (RSW), at approximately 13:30 EST.
The airplane was on initial descent, passing 17,000 feet mean sea level when the flight crew reported hearing a "bang" and experienced a slight yawing of the airplane. They believed it was a gear door departing the airplane and reported the event to air traffic control. There were no indications received in the flight deck. The flight crew disconnected the auto-pilot and the airplane "flew normally." The flight continued to Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW) where the airplane landed without incident. A post flight inspection revealed the right engine cowling had departed the airplane and impacted the right horizontal stabilizer.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The inflight separation of the upper and lower right engine cowlings for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
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