Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 16, 2009
Submitted
August 17, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605611
Aircraft time
3,261 hours, 2,519 cycles
Part
Acm
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AFTER RUNNING APU FOR APPORX 5 MINUTES A WAVERING SQUEAL WAS HEARD AND SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT. APU WAS THEN IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN. NO SMOKE VISIBLE OUTSIDE. OIL FOUND DRIPPING FROM BOTTOM OF ACM. T/S AND FOUND APU HAD OIL IN INLET CAUSING SMOKE IN COCKPIT PLACED APU ON MEL AND RAN ENGINES FOR 15 MINUTES TO 30 MINUTES AFTER CLEANING SOCK AND NO ODOR OR SMOKE NOTED AND NO OIL DRIPPING FROM ACM IAW MM 12-19-08.

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