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Service difficulty report · Unknown · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date: September 30, 2011
Submitted: October 3, 2011
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N706QS
Make and model: Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial: 131
Aircraft time: 4,387 hours, 2,718 cycles
System (JASC): 2120 · Air Distribution System
Part: Unknown
Condition: Odor
Location: Cabin
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

WITH 13000 LBS FUEL LOADED, AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 35,000, NOTICED FUEL ODOR IN CABIN. FUELED ACFT TO 13, 500 POUNDS AND OPENED FLOOR PANELS 240EZ AND 240FZ, INSPECTED FOR FUEL LEAKS OR FUEL ODORS IN CABIN AND FOUND NONE. AFTER LETTING THE ACFT SET FOR SEVERAL HOURS, STILL FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKS OR VAPORS IN THE CABIN. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM ON GROUND. ALL WORK PERFORMED IN REF TO MM 12-10-00 AND 53-21-04.