Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 1, 2021
Submitted
June 1, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N678QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605616
Aircraft time
13,040 hours, 9,995 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AT 37,000 FT BOTH CREWMEMBERS NOTED A BOLD ACRYLIC ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. RAN ENVIRONMENTAL SMOKE/ODOR CHECKLIST. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, ODOR SEEMED TO DISSIPATE. NOTIFIED ATC AND WERE GIVEN PRIORITY HANDLING. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE CHECKLIST & BEING VECTOR ONTO THE APPROACH AT 3000 FT, ODOR PRESENT AGAIN. ODOR SEEMED TO COME FROM THE GASPER VENTS BUT IT WAS VERY HARD TO ISOLATE. INSPECTED AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE.

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