Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
July 10, 2020
Submitted
July 11, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N954SG
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
054
Aircraft time
13,827 hours, 8,202 cycles
Part
Cooling Turbine
Part number
3176C01
Part serial
114
Condition
Faulty
Location
Aft
Component
Ecu
Component part number
3500C01
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SMOKE IN THE CABIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT OF ORIGIN. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE CABIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT MALFUCTIONING. THE CABIN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ONLY PRODUCES HOT AIR AND CAUSES SMOKE TO FORM AND FLOW FROM THE GASPERS AND VENTS. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING LEADS TO A FAULTY TURBOCOOLER. THE TURBOCOOLER OIL LEVEL WAS FOUND TO BE LOW AND ALSO OIL RESIDUE IS IN THE SYSTEM AIR PIPES DOWN STREAM OF THE TURBOCOOLER.