Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
July 28, 2012
Submitted
August 2, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500210
Aircraft time
8,837 hours, 5,362 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007C1
Part
Engine
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
Part time
12,659 hours, 12,207 cycles
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

DISTINCTIVE EXHAUST ODOR NOTICED ABOUT 45MIN INTO CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL400. SMELL BECAME MORE NOTICEABLE AND STRONGER JUST AFTER ADJUSTING COCKPIT PAC TO WARMER TEMPERATURE. ALL ATTEMPTS TO ISOLATE PACS AND BLEEDS UNSUCCESSFUL. EACH PACK AND BLEED WERE TURNED TO OFF BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS NOTICED. OPERATED APU ON GROUND AND VERIFIED SLIGHT OIL ODOR ON START, BUT FADES AFTER RUNNING A WHILE. INSPECTED APU INLET AND FOUND OIL PRESENT. R & R APU IAW MM 49-10-00. OPS AND LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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