Service difficulty report · Compressor · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
July 20, 2012
Submitted
July 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N755QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
168
Aircraft time
3,966 hours, 2,459 cycles
Part
Compressor
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Engine
Part time
4,189 hours, 5,854 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING TAXI OUT, BOTH CREW MEMBERS NOTED LIGHT SMOKE FOLLOWED BY AN OIL ODOR. APU WAS SUPPLYING BLEED AIR FOR ECS AT THE TIME. APU WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN, ECS SELECTED TO BOTH (ENGINES) POSITION ON PANEL CONDITIONS DID NOT IMPROVE. RETURNED TO RAMP, AND SHUTDOWN. NO EVIDENCE OF SOURCE WAS FOUND. INSPECTED APU INLET AND FOUND SIGNS OF BURNED OIL AROUND COMPRESSOR HUB. R & R APU IAW MM 49-00-00. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD. RAN BOTH ENGINES AND APU, OIL ODOR IS NO LONGER PRESENT. REF MM 21-00-00.