Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
February 9, 2012
Submitted
February 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N359QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800126
Aircraft time
4,359 hours, 2,839 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WITH APU ON, NON-ELECTRICAL SMOKE STARTED TO FILL CABIN. WITH BLEED AIR TURNED ON, SMOKE INCREASED RAPIDLY. OIL FOUND LEAKING FROM APU COMPARTMENT. FOUND DEICE FLUID DRIPPING DOWN THE RUDDER, TRAILING INTO THE APU EXHAUST CONE. ALSO FOUND APU TO BE OVER SERVICED AND FOUND SOME RESIDUAL APU OIL SITTING ON APU'S BOTTOM ACCESS PANEL. DEPANELED APU, CORRECTED APU OIL LEVEL IAW MM 12-11-03 AND CLEANED UP RESIDUAL OIL. ODOR IN THE CABIN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN COMING FROM A MIXTURE OF DEICE FLUID AND RESIDUAL APU OIL BEING SUCKED INTO THE APU INLET ON INITIAL APU START UP WITH ACFT TAIL PARKED IN WIND.