Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
February 15, 2018
Submitted
February 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N119RM
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500051
Aircraft time
3,474 hours, 2,160 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Cockpit A/C Pack
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHILE WAITING FOR PASSENGERS WITH THE APU RUNNING AND THE AIR CONDITIONING OPERATING, THE CREW REPORTED THAT VISIBLE SMOKE WAS SEEN IN THE COCKPIT WITH THE ODORS OF SOMETHING GETTING HOT, WERE UNABLE TO CONTROL THE COCKPIT TEMP. THE CREW SHUTOFF THE COCKPIT AIR CONDITIONING PACK AND THE ODOR AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE COCKPIT AIR CONDITIONING PACK OIL SEALS FAILED ALLOWING THE AC PACK OIL TO BYPASS. THE PACK WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT. OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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