Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
August 18, 2013
Submitted
August 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800116
Aircraft time
5,654 hours, 3,802 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
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

ON GROUND, DURING APU START WITH BATTERIES, CABIN FILLED WITH WHITE SMOKE. APU BLEED AIR AND GENERATOR SWITCHES ON. ENVIROMENTAL SWITCHES AUTO AND COLD. WHITE SMOKE SEEMED TO BE ATOMIZED OIL AND NOT A HARSH ODOR. REMOVED WATER SEPARATOR AND FOUND SOCK TO BE SOAKED IN OIL. FOUND OIL IN LP BLEED AIR PIPE. REMOVED WATER SEPARATOR AND SOCK. CLEANED SEPARATOR AND DUCTING DOWN STREAM OF ACM. REPLACED SOCK. REINSTALLED DUCTING AND WATER SEPARATOR ASSY IAW MM 21-50-00. ACCOMPLISHED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYS (ECS) DUCT BURN OUT IAW FORM TC-680-21-120905M.