Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
May 18, 2013
Submitted
May 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N341QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800225
Aircraft time
4,274 hours, 2,740 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, 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

WITH THE APU ONLY RUNNING, BLEED AIR WAS SELECTED ON. SMOKE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO POUR INTO BOTH CABIN AND COCKPIT. SHUTDOWN APU WITHIN 15 SECONDS AND A CONSIDERABLE HAZE OF SMOKE REMAINED HANGING IN AIR. LOCATED OIL COMING FROM AGB VENT LINES OUT EXHAUST. FOUND APU OIL OVERSERVICED. INSPECTED AND CLEANED APU BLEED AIR DUCTING. CLEANED APU AND COWLING. DESERVICED APU OIL TO PROPER LEVEL IAW MM 12-11-03. RAN APU FOR OVER 1 HR WITH BLEED AIR ON TO COMPLETY REMOVE OIL RESIDUE FROM AIR SYS. OPS CHECK GOOD, NO OIL SMELL OR SMOKE PRESENT FROM ENGINES OR APU WITH BLEED AIR ON.