Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 2, 2003
Submitted
January 7, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N681QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605181
Aircraft time
2,356 hours, 1,931 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
22066101
Part serial
298
Condition
Odor
Location
Air Distribution
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

AFTER TAKE OFF AN ACRID SMELL WAS DETECTED IN COCKPIT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A BURNING IN THE THROATS AND EYES OF PASSENGERS AND CREW. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, O2 GEAR WAS DONNED AND RETURNED TO KLNK. NO SMOKE WAS EVER VISIBLE. TROUBLESHOT TO FIND SOURCE FOR ODOR, BORESCOPED #1 AND #2 ENGINE BLEED PORTS AND FOUND NO TRACES OF OIL OR RESIDUE. INSPECTED COELESCER SOCK FOUND NO ODOR OR RESIDUE, REMOVED AND REPLACED ACM, PERFORMED ENGINE RUN UP AT ALL POWER SETTINGS , NO SIGN OF ANY ODORS, SYSTEM LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD IAW CESSNA 560XL MM TASK 21-51-00 , 12-19-02-161.

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