Service difficulty report · Oil System · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
August 31, 2008
Submitted
May 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N245QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
145
Aircraft time
6,647 hours, 4,223 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
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

ON INTIAL APU START UP AFTER LANDING, APU GEN WOULDN'T COME ONLINE. SHUTDOWN APU W/BOTH ENGINE RUNNING, THEN RESTARTED APU-GEN CAME ON LINE, ALL APPEARED OK-OFF LOADED PAX & BAGS AND RE-ENTERED JET AND IMMEDIATLY NOTICED ODOR (BELIEVE ELECTRIC BURNING) THAT WAS COMING THROUGH GASPER/WEMAC. SHUTDOWN APU; VISUALLY INSPECTED BOTH SERVICE COMPARTMENTS; CHECKED APU OIL, WAS OK. WAITED 10 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED APU; NORMAL START AND GEN CAME ONLINE BUT AS SOON AS AIR FLOW STARTED THRU GASPERS NOTICED SAME SMELL AGAIN; SHUT DOWN APU. FOUND APU OIL OVER SERVICED AND SERVICED IT TO THE CORRECT LEVEL. CHECKED APU AIR INLET, EXHAUST AND BLEED AIR DELIVERY TO MANIFOLD. NO EVIDENCE OF OIL OR OBSTRUCTION. CHECKED INLET TO HEAT EXCHANGER FOR OBSTRUCTION AND CHECKED THE ACM FOR EVIDENCE OF OIL LEAKAGE. NO DEFECTS. CHECKED INTEGRITY OF APU GENERATOR AND CONDUCTED SEVERAL ENGINE AND APU RUNS WITH INDEPENDENT BLEED SOURCES SELECTED. NO ELECTRICAL SMELL NOTED OR FAILURE OF APU GENERATOR. MX IAW MM CH 49-011.