Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 11, 2014
Submitted
July 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N638QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605363
Aircraft time
8,737 hours, 6,975 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

DURING APU STARTUP, SMOKE ENTERED CABIN THROUGH WEMACS. SHUTDOWN APU. RAN APU, STILL HAD HEAVY SMOKE IN CABIN. FOUND APU INLET TO BE COATED WITH OIL. OIL FLUID LEVEL EXTREMELY BELOW MINIMUM LINE AFTER A FIVE MINUTE APU RUN. RAN BOTH ENGINES AT HIGH POWER WITHOUT APU, SMOKE CLEARED AND NO FURTHER SMOKE NOTICED. REMOVED & REPLACED APU WITH A REPAIRED UNIT. INSTALLED STARTER/GENERATOR. PERFORMED APU RUNS, OPS & GENERATOR CHECKED. ALL CHECKED NORMAL & NO LEAKS FOUND.

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