Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 24, 2008
Submitted
May 15, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N645QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605145
Aircraft time
7,586 hours, 5,953 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
22066101
Part serial
253
Condition
Inoperative
Part time
5,954 cycles
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 THE GROUND FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY. APU RUNNING ELECTRIC LOAD NORMAL, SELECTED BLEED VALVE OPEN ON APU, AT THAT TIME WE HEARD A DIFFERENT WHINING SOUND THAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL ACM SOUND. A STRONG ODOR WAS COMING OUT OF THE WEMACS. WATCHING THE AIR SUPPLY TEMP GOING INTO THE DUCTS THE TEMP STARTED AT 170 AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 230 DEGREES EVEN THOUGH AUTO FULL COLD WAS SELECTED. SMOKE STARTED TO APPEAR WITH AN ACM OVERHEAT ANNUN, SHUTDOWN APU BLEED AIR AT THAT TIME. VERIFIED ACM BLOWING WARM AIR, ACM IS INOP. REMOVED COALESCER SOCK AND CLEANED IAW MM 12-15-02. REINSTALLED COALESCER SOCK AND WATER SEPARATOR HSG IAW 12-19-02. REMOVED ACM, MM 21-51-00. INSTALLED NEW ACM IAW MM 21-51-00. OPS CK GOOD. LK CK GOOD. PRESSURIZATION CK GOOD. OK TO INS SOCK AND SEPARATOR HSG.

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