Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 11, 2012
Submitted
December 31, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N818QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600778
Aircraft time
2,947 hours, 2,463 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
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 41,000FT, A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTICED. WALKING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PLANE, THE ODOR WAS NOTICEABLY MUCH STRONGER STARTING AT THE CABIN DOOR AND MOVING AFT. RAN ENGINES AT IDLE AND POWER SETTINGS WITH BLEED AIR ON AND OFF, ADJUSTED CABIN AND COCKPIT TEMP. TO FULL HOT AND FULL COLD NO UNUSUAL ODOR NOTED. HAD ALL POWER ON. AVIONICS ON. GALLEY POWER ON. CABIN AND COCKPIT LIGHTING ON, EMER LIGHTING ON AND CABIN ENTERTAINMENT ON FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING RUNS AND THEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE HANGER NO ELECTRICAL ODOR NOTED. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. GROUND RAN AIRCRAFT FOR INSPECTION RUN. NO DEFECTS NOTED. NO FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING NEEDED PER AMCC.