Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
March 16, 2020
Submitted
March 18, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N361QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800235
Aircraft time
10,362 hours, 6,969 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
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

APU START - INFLIGHT APU START AT 1500 FEET PRIOR TO LANDING. FMS 1 WENT BLANK DURING APU START. SMELLED SOMETHING AFTER FMS 1 WAS BACK ONLINE. WE SHUT DOWN THE APU. //SIGNOFF// WE GAINED ACCESS TO THE BACK SIDE OF APU CONTROL PANEL AND COPILOTS CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AND INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE, SECURITY OF WIRES AND COMPONENT AND SNIFF TEST, NO DAMAGE OR SMELL NOTED AND ALL IS SECURE. INSPECTED BOTH FMS UNITS, MFDS AND PFDS FOR CLEANLINESS AND SNIFF TEST. NO SMELL NOTED, REMOVED CARPET FIBERS THAT ACCUMULATED ON EXTERIOR ESPECIALLY IN COOLING FAN AREA. CLEANED ACCUMULATED CARPET FIBERS AND DUST FROM TOP FWD GLARE SHIELD AVIONICS COOLING FANS. RAN APU NUMEROUS TIMES (APPROX 12) IN NUMEROUS CONFIGURATIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE CREW DISCREPANCY, NO DEFECTS, NO SMELLS NOTED. CHECKED OPERATION OF WINDSHIELD RAIN REMOVAL FAN, RECIRC FAN, OPS CHECKS GOOD, NO ABNORMAL SMELLS NOTED. VERIFIED APU OIL LEVEL IS GOOD. COMPLETED ECU SYSTEM DUCT BURN OUT. ALL OPS CHECKED GOOD AT THIS TIME. REF CE-680 M/M 24-60-02, 34-23-00, 49-00-00 AND TC680-21-120905M