Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
September 29, 2019
Submitted
October 4, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N678QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605616
Aircraft time
11,701 hours, 9,058 cycles
Part
Water Separator
Condition
Odor
Location
Ecs
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

COCKPIT ODOR - DESCENDING FROM CRUISE ALT OF FL400. STARTED GETTING A STRONG ORDER SIMILAR TO JET EXHAUST. IT SMELLED DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THE HEAT IS TURNED UP. REMOVED CLEANED INSTALLED ECS WATER SEPARATOR AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY ECS DUCT BURN OUT THEN INSTALLED NEW ECS WATER SEPARATOR SOCK ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW TASK FORM TC-5XL-21-120902M AND AMM 21-51-00 NO MORE ODOR DETECTED AT THIS TIME

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