Service difficulty report · Intake Duct · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
November 23, 2005
Submitted
November 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815QS
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258705
Part
Intake Duct
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cabin Air
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G, A

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

What was found

COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE UPON ROTATION AT TAKEOFF. INSPECTED ACFT TO INCLUDE BOTH ENGS, ALL GEAR WELLS, INSIDE RADOME -HELL HOLE- COCKPIT & CABIN WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. HOWEVER DEICING FLUID WAS FOUND PUDDLED IN THE AIR INLET DUCT FOR THE APU. TROUBLESHOT AND CONCLUDED THAT DEICING FLUID INGESTION THROUGH THE APU AIR INLET LOC LT AFT AIRCRAFT ABOVE NR 1 ENG, WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT. CLEANED INLET DUCT AND INLET TURBINE THOROUGHLY AND RAN APU FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR WITH HEAT AND BLEED ON. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. PERFORMED ENG RUNS WITH APU ON, BLEEDS ON. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. ALL FUNCTIONAL CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. REF H800XP MM 49-11-00.