Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
January 27, 2018
Submitted
February 1, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N693QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605657
Aircraft time
9,961 hours, 7,704 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Component
Apu · Hnywl
Component part number
38007221
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING COCKPIT PREPARATION AND BEFORE ENGINE START WITH APU OPERATING, LIGHT GRAY SMOKE WITH AN ACRID ODOR THAT WAS DETECTED AND OBSERVED. CREW SHUTDOWN THE BLEED AIR FOR A FEW MOMENTS, THEN RETURNED TO LOW BLEED. A HEAVIER SMOKE WITH THE SAME ODOR AND COLOR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO FILL THE COCKPIT. NO OBVIOUS DISCREPANCIES COULD BE FOUND DURING POST APU SHUTDOWN INSPECTION OF AFT COMPARTMENT. INTERNAL OIL LEAKING IN THE APU APU. REMOVED THE APU AND INSTALLED A REPAIRED APU IAW MM 49-10-00. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

More about the Cessna 560XL