Service difficulty report · Unknown

Difficulty date
February 16, 2009
Submitted
March 11, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N55GL
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin & Cockpit
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ACFT ON GROUND RUNNING APU FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS BEFORE DEPARTURE. ON TAKEOFF, SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED. PERFORMED AN INSP OF APU AREA AND FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL IN AREA. PERFORMED GROUND POWER ENGINE RUNS AND NO SMOKE NOTED. PERFORMED OPS FLIGHT TO CHECK SYS. SYSTEM CHECKED OK. NO SMOKE NOTED. (K)