Service difficulty report · Apu · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
October 8, 2014
Submitted
October 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500120
Aircraft time
13,589 hours, 8,290 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38005761
Part serial
P328
Condition
Odor
Part time
9,349 hours, 9,083 cycles
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

THERE IS A BAD MUSTY ODOR COMING FROM THE A/C PACKS WHEN THE APU BLEED IS OPERATING ON THE GROUND. THE ODOR CLEARS AFTER ENGINE START & THE APU IS SHUTDOWN. PERFORMED A PRE-RUN CHECK & FOUND APU OIL LOW, SERVICED APU OIL. GAINED ACCESS TO THE APU BLEED AIR LINE. DISCONNECTED LINE TO CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF OIL, NO OIL FOUND IN BLEED AIR LINE. RAN APU & VERIFIED THE MUSTY ODOR COMING FROM THE PACKS. REMOVED APU. TRANSFERRED THE APU MOUNTS, FIRE LOOP & GEN MOUNT & INSTALLED A REPAIRED APU. SERVICED & RAN APU. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW MM 49-10-00. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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