Service difficulty report · Condenser · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
September 3, 2021
Submitted
September 7, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N315QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800220
Aircraft time
11,282 hours, 7,426 cycles
Part
Condenser
Part number
8323712
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cockpit Air
Stage of operation
CL
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: UNPLEASANT UNUSUALLY STRONG ABNORMAL ODOR IN COCKPIT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. ODOR SEEMED TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL, ALMOST OILY IN NATURE BUT NOT ELECTRICAL OR GAS. NO SMOKE/HAZE OBSERVED. ODOR DISSIPATED AND THEN REOCCURRED ON INITIAL DESCENT AND POWER CHANGE. UPON LANDING AND SHUTDOWN ODOR VERY PRONOUNCED IN HELL HOLE COMPARTMENT. DISCOVERED LOOSE HOSE CLAMP CONNECTING LARGE BLACK DUCT TO WHITE BOX DIRECTLY OVERHEAD IN HELL HOLE // SIGNOFF // RE-SECURED LOOSE HOSE CLAMP FOUND IN HELL HOLE. REMOVED WATER SEPERATOR CONDENSOR SOCK AND INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE DIRTY AND MUSTY SMELLING. INSTALLED NEW SERVICEABLE CONDENSOR SOCK AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECKS WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED AT THIS TIME. NO FOWL SMELL COMING INTO COCKPIT OR CABIN AT ANY TEMPERATURE SETTING OR POWER SETTINGS. ALL WORK DONE !AW CE 680 AMM 21-21-03.