Service difficulty report · None · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
February 24, 2022
Submitted
March 18, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N515QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
20627
Aircraft time
4,968 hours, 3,304 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
Stage of operation
NR
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

AFTER APU START AND APU BLEED AIR SELECTED WHITE SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. "CORRECTIVE ACTION" ACCESSED AIRCRAFT. RECEIVED CUSTOMER SUPPLIED APU. REMOVED ALL APU ACCESS PANELS. REMOVED STARTER GENERATOR FROM APU. REMOVED ALL ACCESSORIES ATTACHED FROM AIRCRAFT. REMOVED APU FROM AIRCRAFT. REMOVED ACCESSORIES FROM REMOVED APU. INSTALLED ACCESSORIES ON REPAIRED APU. INSTALLED APU ON AIRCRAFT. INSTALLED ALL ACCESSORIES ATTACHED FROM AIRCRAFT. INSTALLED STARTER GENERATOR ON APU. INSTALLED BOTTOM APU ACCESS PANEL. PLACED SIDE APU ACCESS PANELS IN AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. SERVICED APU OIL. WORK PERFORMED IN REF TO CE680AS AMM 49-10-00. OPS AND LEAKS CHECKS REQUIRED. PUSHED AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE, PERFORMED MULTIPLE ENGINE RUNS AND LEAK CHECKS WHILE MOVING BLEED AIR TEMP FULL HOT TO COLD TO BURN OFF SMELL. NO LEAK NOTED. PERFORMED HOURS ECU INPUT. VERIFIED CORRECT INSTALLATION OF COMPONENTS. SERVICED ENGINE ONCE MORE AND CLOSED ALL APU PANELS, PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF APU GENERATOR AND APU. WORK DONE PER CE680A 80-10-25 AND 49-10-00.

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