Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
September 14, 2020
Submitted
September 17, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0061
Aircraft time
3,370 hours, 2,257 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Failed
Location
Precooler
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON DESCENT, STARTED TO SMELL A LIGHT BURNING SMELL IT WAS FOLLOWED BY AN AMBER BLD AIR O TEMP R CAS MESAGE. WE RAN THE CHECKLIST AND THE CAS MESSAGE WENT OUT. THE SMELL WENT AWAY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE BURNING SMELL RETURNED, SO WE JUST TURNED THE RIGHT BLEED VALVE OFF FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT AND THE SMELL WENT AWAY. SIGN OFF. REMOVED PRECOOLER PANEL TO THE PRECOOLER VALVE, INSPECTED VALVE AND ACTUATOR NO DEFECTS NOTED, ARIES DOWNLOAD SHOWED THE FAULT BUT CAN NOT TELL IF IT WAS THE VALVE OR TEMP SENSOR, CONTACTED AMCC AND THEY WOULD LIKE BOTH THE VALVE AND TEMP SENOR CHANGED 9-00 VALVE 1 TEMP SENSOR, AND SCREWS TEMP INSTALLED PRECOOLER VALVE PANEL AND CLOSED UP ACFT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF RT BLEED AIR SYSTEM & VERIFIED PRECOOLER ACTUATOR MOVES. REMOVED & REPLACED RT BLEED AIR TEMP SENSOR (TT004), IAW CE-680A MM 36-10-45. OPS CHECKS GOOD. REMOVED & REPLACED RT PRECOOLER TEMP CONTROL ACTUATOR, IAW CE-680A MM 36-10-35. PERFORMED OPS CHECK, OPS CHECKS GOOD. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUN WHILE MONITORING PRECOOLER TEMP IN THE CDMS & VERIFIED THAT THE PRECOOLER TEMP BEGAN TO DROP ONCE 250*C WAS REACHED. NO BURNING SMELL WAS NOTED DURING ENGINE RUN.

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