Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
September 9, 2005
Submitted
September 13, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500120
Aircraft time
5,217 hours, 3,207 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
73838433
Part serial
200212115
Condition
Failed
Location
Acm Bay
Part time
435 hours, 268 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO OUR FLIGHT AT FL410, DETECTED AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT THAT SMELLED ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY AND THE SMELL DISSIPATED AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN AFTER LANDING WITH THE APU RUNNING, DETECTED THE SAME SMELL. THE A/C THEN FILLED WITH SMOKE ORIGINATING FROM THE COCKPIT. AGAIN, THERE WERE NO OTHER OBVIOUS SIGNS OF SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION. REMOVED AND REPLACED COCKPIT AIR CYCLE MACHINE. ALSO REMOVED, CLEANED AND REINSTALLED COALESCER CLOTH. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. ALL OPERATIONS NORMAL AT THIS TIME. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW CE 750 AMM 21-51-00.

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