Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
April 20, 2023
Submitted
April 21, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0256
Aircraft time
2,973 hours, 1,953 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FL410 SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. THERE WAS NO SMOKE. PUT ON O2 MASKS & DIVERTED. FIREMEN USED A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA & WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE SOURCE. SMELL CAME AT FL400 AND DISSAPATED AS WE DESCENDED. AFTER LANDING WE WONDERED IF IT WAS PERHAPS CONNECTED WITH HP BLEED VALVE. APU BORESCOPED FOR POSSIBLE OIL USAGE. PERFORMED BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF APU WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. RAN APU MULTIPLE TIME FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND DIDN'T DETECT ANY ODORS. WORK PERFORMED IAW RE100CS LMM.

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