Service difficulty report · Apu · Cndair CL604

Difficulty date
June 23, 2009
Submitted
August 3, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL604
Aircraft time
5,508 hours
Engine
Ge CF343B
Part
Apu
Part number
38008041
Condition
Failed
Part time
3,169 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE THE ACFT WAS TAXIING TO FBO RAMP, SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE APU INLET. APU WAS SHUTDOWN. APU ENCLOSER AND INTAKE WAS INSPECTED, CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND CHIP DETECTOR. FOUND TO BE OK. TRIED TO START THE APU, IT WOULD ACCELERATE TO 14 PERCENT AND EGT RISING ANORMALLY. APU MANUAL START ABORTED. APU WAS DEACTIVATED. APU WAS REMOVED AND FOUND THAT TURBINE WAS NOT TURNING, THERE WAS ALSO SOME SIDE PLAY AND DEBRIS IN COMPRESSOR INLET. NOTE THAT THE APU HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A LOW OIL PRESSURE SHUTDOWN AND AT THAT TIME AN OIL FILTER WAS SENT TO MFG LAB AND THE OIL WAS CHANGED.