Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
June 7, 2023
Submitted
June 7, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N368QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800073
Aircraft time
14,772 hours, 9,841 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Part number
8623712
Condition
Dirty
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON DESCENT OUT OF 25000 BOTH CREW COULD SMELL AN ACIDIC ODOR IN COCKPIT & SLIGHT HAZE IN CABIN. RAN THE CHECKLISTS. LANDED AT DESTINATION. INSPECTED APU INLET FOR CONTAMINATION. FOUND OIL DRIPPING FROM APU COMPRESSOR DRAIN LINE. APU WAS PLACED ON MB. PRIOR TO FLIGHT. PERFORMED TC FOR DUCT BURN, UP TO REPLACING THE WATER COALESCER . COMMPLIED WITH ISOLATION 3 FIG 112 WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. REMOVED LT & RT PRECOOLERS FROM PYLONS AND. INSPECTED FOR OIL RESIDUE. NO OIL FOUND IN THE BLEED LINES. INSTALLED NEW WATER COALESCER. PERFORMED ENG RUNS. C/W LEAK CHECK OF PRECOOLERS & WATER SEPARATOR ASSY. NO LEAKS FOUND. PERFORMED BURN OUT T/C AGAIN. NO ODOR OR HAZE PRESENT IN COCKPIT OR CABIN IAW MM 36-10-00.