Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
June 24, 2005
Submitted
June 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N384CW
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500144
Aircraft time
8,412 hours, 6,290 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
73838415
Part serial
LB0302B
Condition
Smoke
Location
Aft
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

WHILE PERFORMING A TEST FLIGHT FOR A STABILIZER REPLACEMENT, CREW REPORTED A GREY BLUISH SMOKE BEGAN FILLING CABIN & COCKPIT. RETURNED TO KTUL. REPLACED FORWARD AIR CYCLE MACHNE AND FORWARD AND AFT WATER SEPARATOR SOCKS. FORWARD AND AFT ACM OIL WAS SERVICED. AN OPERATONAL CHECK OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED. THE OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD & NO LEAKS WERE NOTED FOLLOWING A 30 MINUTE GROUND RUN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. CREW REPORTED THAT SMOKE WAS FILLING THE CABIN & COCKPIT. SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED AFTER AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KTUL. CREW PERFORMED A GROUND RUN OF AIRPLANE & THERE WERE NO FURTHER INDICATIONS OF SMOKE.

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