Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 28, 2019
Submitted
June 28, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N678QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605616
Aircraft time
11,460 hours, 8,873 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
DE
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

CABIN ODOR OIL ODOR. BEGINNING OF DECENT FROM 41,000 FEET WITH THE APU OFF, PASSENGER CAME FORWARD COMPLAINING OF AN ODOR IN THE CABIN. CREW MEMBER WENT BACK AND COULD SMELL "OILY DIRTY SOCK SMELL" IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. BOTH ENGINES APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. CABIN/COCKPIT SMELL REMINED THE SAME FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT. REMOVED COALSER SOCK AND INSPECTED. NO EVIDENCE OF OIL RESIDUE ON SOCK, BUT NOTED SOCK WAS WET. CLEANED SOCK AND DRIED. INSTALLED SOCK AND RAN BOTH ENGINES NO OILY SMELL NOTED COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. ALL WORK DONE IAW CE560XLS AMM 21-51-00 LEAK CHECK GOOD. RAN ECS SYSTEM AT NORMAL TEMPATURE SETTINGS NO SMELL NOTED INSPECTED BLEED LINES FROM ENGINE TO ECS NO DEFECTS NOTED INSPECTED BLEED LINES FROM APU TO ECS, NO DESCEPANCY NOTED.

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