Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
April 24, 2012
Submitted
April 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605204
Aircraft time
9,436 hours, 7,555 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Engine time
9,231 hours, 7,271 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
31J190001
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FL390 IN CRUISE. RUBBER ODOR LIKE A BURNING TENNIS SHOE. AFTER 5 MINUTES EYES BEGAN TO BURN. NO SMOKE BUT THE BURNING ODOR WAS MODERATE TO STRONG. ADJUSTED COCKPIT TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER WITH NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN ODOR. THE ODOR DIDN'T APPEAR TO COME FROM THE ENVIROMENTAL CONTROL SYS. ODOR SEEMED BE STRONGER AROUND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AREA ON THE LT SIDE OF THE FLIGHT DECK. BORESCOPE INSPECTION FOUND EVIDENCE OF BIRD INGESTION IN LT ENGINE GAS CHAMBER. R & R LT ENGINE WITH A OVERHAULED ASSY AND PERFORMED ALL OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD LAW MM 71-00-04.

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