Service difficulty report · Ecu · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
September 22, 2011
Submitted
September 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N313QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800140
Aircraft time
3,827 hours, 2,515 cycles
Part
Ecu
Condition
Failed
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

UPON CLIMBING TO CRUISE ALTITUDE, BRIEF ODOR OF "HEAT" WAS NOTED IN THE COCKPIT. FOLLOWED LATER BY THE PASSENGERS WHO ALERTED THE CREW TO WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM BACK OF THE CABIN. A DIVERSION WAS DECLARED AND UPON REDUCTION OF POWER, SMOKE SOMEWHAT ABBATED AND WAS NON EXISTENT BY THE TIME PLANE TAXIED TO FBO. INSPECTED ECU AND FOUND TURBINES TO BE LOCKED UP AND HEAVY BURNED OIL ODOR IN COALESCER SOCK. CONFIRMED A BAD ECU WOULD CREATE THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED. R & R ECU IAE MM 21-51-00. R & R COALESCER SOCK IAW MM 12-19-00. ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRESSURIZATION OPS CHECK GOOD ON ENGINE RUN.