Service difficulty report · Condesor · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
October 24, 2007
Submitted
November 7, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N203QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
198
Aircraft time
4,563 hours, 2,780 cycles
Engine
Cfe CFE73811B
Part
Condesor
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin Air
Stage of operation
LD
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

AFTER LANDING AND APU START, VERY STRONG ODOR OF RAW JET FUEL IS COCKPIT AND CABIN. RAN APU. NOTED MUSTY ODOR COMING FROM VENTS. AFTER 2 MINUTES ODOR BEGAN TO DISIPATE. REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE WATER SEPERATOR AND THE WATER SEPERATOR FILTER. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE CONDENSOR. NOTED STRONG MUSTY ODOR COMING FROM THE CONDENSOR. CLEANED THE CONDENSOR, WATER SEPERATOR, AND FILTER. RAN APU. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. OPS CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED A LEAK CHECK OF THE WATER SEPERATOR, FILTER, AND CONDENSOR. LEAK CHECK GOOD. WORK DONE IAW CH. 21-505 AND 21-206 OF THE F-2000 MM.