Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
April 10, 2013
Submitted
April 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N368QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800073
Aircraft time
5,485 hours, 4,248 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER 2ND POST FLIGHT OF THE DAY DISCOVERED OIL LEAKING FROM APU EXHAUST FWD ALONG BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE. APU WAS STARTED ON GROUND AND COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM WEMACS. CABIN ALSO FILLED WITH SMOKE, DID NOT NOTICE FROM WHERE. APU WAS SHUTDOWN. ENGINES WERE STARTED AND BLEEDS WERE SELECTED LT AND RT TO ISOLATE POSSIBLE SOURCE. NO SMOKE WAS NOTICED. SMOKE SOURCE WAS ISOLATED TO APU OPERATION.