Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 22, 2014
Submitted
September 2, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N573QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605827
Aircraft time
4,894 hours, 3,851 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit & Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER STARTING APU & TURNING ON BLEED AIR, WHITE SMOKE STARTED TO FILL THE COCKPIT & CABIN. APU DID NOT SHUT ITSELF DOWN, NOR DID ANY VISUAL OR AURAL FIRE WARNINGS ILLUMINATE OR SOUND. SHUTDOWN APU & CALLED AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY DID NOT FIND ANY INDICATION OF FIRE. INSPECTED APU OIL LEVEL. APU OIL LEVEL CHECKED GOOD. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT, NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKS FOUND. RAN APU WITH BLEED AIR ON, NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR ODOR IN COCKPIT OR CABIN. PRESSURIZED ACFT WITH APU BLEED AIR. PRESSURIZATION CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF AIR CONDITIONING DISTRIBUTION SYS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD IAW AMM 21-20-05.

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