Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 9, 2011
Submitted
August 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500210
Aircraft time
7,934 hours, 4,753 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
73838433
Part serial
950315
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
795 hours, 487 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

JUST PRIOR TO BEING CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, EXPERIENCED A VISIBLE WHITE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE ODOR APPEARED TO BE SULFUR TYPE ODOR. AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS IT DISSIPATED AND COULD NOT BE ISOLATED AGAIN WITH PAC OR ENGINE BLEED SYSTEMS. VERIFIED ODOR. REMOVED COCKPIT ACM. FOUND HEAVY OIL AND SOOT IN ACM AND DUCTING. CLEANED ALL DUCTING. REPLACED COCKPIT ACM. RE-INSTALLED ALL LINES AND PLUMBING. R & R COCKPIT COALESCER SOCK. ALL SYS OPERATIONAL, LEAK AND SNIFF CHECKED SATISFACTORY. NO ODOR OR SMOKE IN ACFT AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RUNNING SYSTEMS. COMPLETED IAW MM 21-51-00.

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