Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
June 21, 2020
Submitted
June 30, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N640QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680AS0242
Aircraft time
27 hours, 22 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit&Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
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

DURING TAXI AFTER FLIGHT, APU WAS STARTED, AND AND ONCE THE APU BLEED WAS SELECTED ON, NOTICED SMOKE FILLING THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. APU BLEED SELECTED OFF AND AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. EVACUATION CHECKLIST FOLLOWED, SMOKE DISSIPATED. STARTED APU AND TURNED ON BLEED AIR, NOTICED LIGHT ODOR AND HAZE THAT DISSIOATED QUICKLY CONTINUED TO LET BLEED AIR RUN FOR 1 HOUR NO FURTHER ODOR OR HAZE OBSERVED. REMOVED APU ENCLOSURE PANELS AND INSPECTED APU, OBSERVED BLACK SUBSTANCE SEEPING OUT AT THE 6 O`CLOCK POSITION BETWEEN INTAKE PLENUM AND HOUSING. CLEANED OFF, CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL AND FOUND TO BE AT MINIMUM LINE, SERVICED OIL AS REQUIRED, INSPECTED EXHAUST, NO DEFECTS NOTED, STARTED APU AND AS SOON AS BLEED AIR IS TURNED ON NOTICED SLIGHT ODOR, WITH NO HAZE. ODOR DISSIPATED QUICKLY, RAN FOR ANOTHER HOUR, NO FURTHER ODOR OR HAZE OBSERVED. BOROSCOOE AND INSPECTED INTAKE AND DID NOT OBSERVE ANY SIONS OF BURNED OIL OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE, RAN APU AGAIN FOR 2 HOURS DID NOT NOTICE ANY ODOR OR SIGNS OF SMOKE, STARTED APU AND TURNED ON BLEED AIR, NO ODOR OR HAZE, SHUT OFF BLEED AIR AND STARTED BOTH ENGINES, LEFT APU BLEED AIR OFF AND RAN ON ENGINE BLEEDS ONLY FOR 30 MINUTES, NO ODOR OR HAZE, TURNED APU BLEED AIR ON, NO ODOR OR HAZE, RAN FOR 30 MIN AND SHUT DOWN, CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL, FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. ALL DONE IAW MM 12-20-20, AND 49-10-00.

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