Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
January 2, 2019
Submitted
January 4, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0141
Aircraft time
516 hours, 359 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

COCKPIT ODOR - DESCENDING THROUGH FL190 WE BEGAN TO SMELL AN EXHAUST ODOR THAT WAS STRONG ENOUGH SO MY SIC WHO WAS FLYING PUT ON HER MASK. I DID NOT WEAR A MASK AND DEVELOPED A SLIGHT HEADACHE FROM THE ODOR. DESCENDING THROUGH 10,000 FT THE SMELL SEEMED TO DISSIPATE AND BY THE TIME WE LANDED WE COULDN'T SMELL ANYTHING ODD AT ALL. (CORRECTIVE ACTION) RAN NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES AND APU FOR APPROX. 30 MIN WITH HEAT AND ALSO SWITCHING OVER TO A/C AND ALSO RUNNING WITH HEAT AND A/C OFF, AND WE COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY SMELL OF SUCH. AFTER ENGINE RUNS WE OPENED NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINE COWLS TO PERFORM A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINES AND ALSO INSPECTED THE FAN BLADES AND THE EXHAUST AREAS OF BOTH ENGINES, NO SMELL TO BE FOUND AND BOTH ENGINES LOOKED SATISFACTORY WORK WAS PERFORMED IAW AMM 71-00-00.

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