Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
August 11, 2023
Submitted
August 14, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N323QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800134
Part
Unknown
Part number
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

APU (EXCEPT GENERATOR): IN FLIGHT AT 25,000FT WITH APU ON WITH MAX AIR SELECTED , A STRONG ODOR IN CABIN . TURNED APU OFF AND ODOR VERY SLOWLY DISSIPATED. ODOR DID NOT SMELL ELECTRICAL OR OILY. COMPUED WITH NJA TASK CARDS, THE COALESCER WAS A LLTTLE DIRTY • CLEANED SOCK AND HOUSING, REINSTALLED ASSY. INSPECTED APU WITH BORESCOPE • NO DEFECTS NOTED. RAN EACH BLEED AIR SOURCE INDEPENDENTLY (R ENG, LENG AND APU) FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. RAN BLEED AIR SYSTEM MIRRORING PILOTS CONFIGURATION DURING THE SQUAWK. NOT ABLE TO DUPUCATE ANY TYPE OF ODOR AT THIS TIME. IT IS NOTED THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED PRIOR TO THIS WRITE-UP, WHICH IS SUSPECTED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE ODOR. REF NJA TC·C68-21·1001 AND TCC68-49-1001.