Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 13, 2010
Submitted
June 14, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N663QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605263
Aircraft time
6,987 hours, 5,630 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
Acm
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SMOKE DETECTED IN COCKPIT & CABIN BY PILOTS ON TAKEOFF (VISUAL & SMELL). SMOKE APPEARED MILDLY ELECTRICAL NOT OIL OR AIR CON BASED. APU RUN PRIOR TO TAKEOFF ROLL, ACM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED MUSTY ODOR, NOT APPARENT THIS OCCASION. SMOKE DISSIPATED ON LANDING. PFI PROVIDED NO REASON FOR SMOKE. OIL IN APU INLET & SHOWS LOW OIL LEVEL. BOTH ENG FINE. RAN ENGS SEPEARTELY. STRONG OIL ODOR, RT ENG ONLY. FOUND DIRTY COALESCER SOCK & CLEANED SOCK, DRIED, & REINSTALLED. PERFORMED 1 HR CONSUMPTION RUN ON BOTH ENG. FOUND ENGS IN LIMITS. DURING EDM, RT ENG PRODUCED MUSTY ODOR. REMOVED COALSESCOR SOCK AGAIN. CLEANED & REINSTALLED. RAN BOTH ENG TO POWER. NO ODOR NOTED. DID NOT GET SMOKE FROM APU. CHKS GOOD. IAW MM 72-00-00.

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