Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 3, 2012
Submitted
December 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605251
Aircraft time
9,102 hours, 7,189 cycles
Part
Water Separator
Part number
38007221
Part serial
P230
Condition
Odor
Location
A/C Bay
Part time
6,316 hours, 9,447 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

WITH THE APU ON, BLEED AIR OFF, DURING THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE START (WHICH WAS FIRST TO BE STARTED) SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO COCKPIT.PARTICULARLY THRU THE RT SIDE EYEBALL VENT BUT ALSO THRU BOTH WEMACS. IT CONTINUED DURING THE 2ND ENGINE START. WE SHUTDOWN BOTH APU AND ENGINES. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTED. THIS WAS OUR SECOND LEG OF THE DAY WITH NO ISSUES ON EARLIER FLIGHT. R & R THE WATER SEPARATOR SOCK. R & R THE APU IAW MM 49-10-00. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

More about the Cessna 560XL