Service difficulty report · Apu · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
September 2, 2014
Submitted
September 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N614QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605580
Aircraft time
8,267 hours, 6,447 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007221
Part serial
P192
Condition
Defective
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
8,517 hours, 13,135 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

GRAY SMOKE FILLED COCKPIT AND CABIN ON GROUND. APU WAS RUNNING WITH ACM. IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN APU AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. ENGINES WERE NOT RUNNING. SMOKE ODOR UNIDENTIFIED. COMPLIED WITH INSPECTION OF THE APU CONTAINMENT BOX AND CLEANED BLEED VALVE DUCTS, CLEANED WATER SEPARATOR AND COMPLIED WITH ENGINE RUN UPS. RAN APU. WHEN B/A VALVE OPENED COCKPIT FILLED WITH GRAY SMOKE. RAN APU FOR 1.5 HRS. NOTED APU OVER 1 QUART LOW. NOTED NO LEAKS IN APU CONTAINMENT BOX OR IN DRAINS. INSPECTED APU AND FOUND OIL RESIDUE IN INTAKE, REMOVED DEFECTIVE APU AND REPLACED WITH A REPAIRED APU, IAW CE-560XL MM 49-00-00. COMPLIED WITH APU RUN UP. OP CHECK IS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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