Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
July 19, 2014
Submitted
July 28, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N370QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800099
Aircraft time
7,140 hours, 4,697 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Part number
8623712
Condition
Dirty
Location
A/C Pack
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

TWENTY MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AT 15000 FT, APU STARTED USING THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST. AFTER THE APU STABILIZED & THE BUSS TIE WAS OPENED, A STRONG BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTED. BLEED AIR WAS OFF. APU WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN. DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. ODOR DISSIPATED GRADUALLY. FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL NOTED BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR ON ENTERING ACFT AROUND THE FWD CABINETS, LESS SO FWD IN THE COCKPIT. INSPECTED COCKPIT & GALLEY FOR DAMAGE TO WIRES, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RAN ENGINES FOR 15 MINUTES WITHOUT APU, NO ODOR NOTED. RAN APU FOR AN HOUR WITH AND WITHOUT BLEED AIR. NOTED A PUNGENT ODOR COMING FROM WEMACS WITH BLEED AIR ON. R & R WATER SEPARATOR SOCK. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD, NO ODOR NOTED DONE IAW MM 21-30-00.