Service difficulty report · Apu · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 26, 2011
Submitted
August 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N681QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605181
Aircraft time
8,750 hours, 6,967 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Leaking
Location
Cabin
Part time
2,466 hours, 4,087 cycles
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

5 MINUTES AFTER ENGINE START, GRAY SMOKE BEGAN FILLING CABIN. APU HAD BEEN RUNNING FLAWLESSLY FOR 40 MINUTES. PERFORMED VISUAL INSP OF THE APU INLET, FOUND OIL RESIDUE IN THE APU INTAKE. REMOVE EXCHANGE NOZZLE, INLET AIR DUCT, CONNECTORS, FUEL AND DRAIN LINES AND STARTER/GEN WIRES FROM APU. REMOVED STARTER/GEN. REMOVED APU FROM ACFT. SWAPPED COMPONENTS FROM OLD APU OVER TO NEW APU. INSTALLED APU BACK IN ACFT. PERFORMED APU OPS TEST. WORK DONE IAW THE MM 49-10-00. INSTALLED NEW APU. LEAK AND OPS GOOD.

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