Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
March 23, 2013
Submitted
March 28, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N767XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500067
Aircraft time
12,138 hours, 7,476 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Compressor
Part time
8,191 hours
Component
Apu · Garrtt
Component part number
38005761
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, K, B
Precautionary procedure
G, H, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, FLIGHT LEVEL 41.0, FLIGHT CREW BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE AND NOTICED THE COCKPIT PAC WAS RUNNING HOT AND UNCONTROLLABLE. RAN CHECKLIST AND SHUTDOWN PAC. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, NOTICED THE CABIN PAC WAS ALSO RUNNING HOT AND UNCONTROLLABLE. FLIGHT CREW DONNED O2 MASKS AND BEGAN A DECENT. ELECTED TO DIVERT AND AN INFLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. CREW INITIATED CHECKLIST FOR CABIN PAC WHICH HAD CLIMBED TO 200 DEGREES. CHECKLIST DIRECTED THE CREW TO TAKE THE PAC TO FULL HOT TO TRY AND STABILIZE THE TEMP WHICH BEGAN COOLING AFTER THEY REACHED FL 16.0. INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT AND CABIN ACM'S REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE APU COMPRESSOR SEAL WAS LEAKING AND INTRODUCING OIL INTO THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM. APU REMOVED AND, SEALS REPLACED. APU REINSTALLED.

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