What was found
HEAVY GREY SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN WHILE APU OPERATING DURING PREFLIGHT. LINE SERVICE INITIALLY ALERTED ME OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF APU EXHAUST & THEN SECONDS LATER THE CABIN & COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE.
- Difficulty date
- September 27, 2015
- Submitted
- September 28, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N668QS
- Make and model
- Cessna 560XL
- Aircraft serial
- 5605268
- Aircraft time
- 11,193 hours, 8,984 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2120 · Air Distribution System
- Part
- Unknown
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Cabin & Cockpit
- 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.