Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
May 24, 2012
Submitted
May 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N627QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605227
Aircraft time
9,077 hours, 1,760 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APPROX 1 HR INTO A FLIGHT, AT 41,000 AND IN NORMAL CRUISE MODE. CO-PILOT AND PILOT COULD DETECT AN ODOR OF FUEL. WENT TO BACK OF PLANE WHERE FOUR OTHER CREW MEMBERS COULD DETECT IT AS WELL. DURING DESCENT IT WASN'T AS NOTICABLE AT LOW POWER SETTINGS. INCREASED POWER AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OFFS, THE ODOR WOULD RETURN. TRIED TO ISOLATE THE ODOR BETWEEN THE LT & RT PRESSURE SOURCE BUT COULDN'T NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS WITH BLEEDS ON TO SIMULATE WRITE-UP. NO FUMES WERE DETECTED AT THIS TIME UTILIZING A MULTIGAS DETECTOR SET ON THE JET A FUEL SETTING & RUNNING BOTH ENGINES AT ALL POWER SETTINGS.

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