Service difficulty report · Filter · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
January 8, 2025
Submitted
January 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N691QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0279
Aircraft time
4,139 hours, 2,729 cycles
Part
Filter
Part number
99148361
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
TX
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

CABIN ODOR: ON THE GROUND WITH APU RUNNING. ENTERING THE CABIN AFTER THE EXTERIOR WALK AROUND THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR (LIKE MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST OR OIL BURNING) IN THE CABIN. ADDITIONALLY, THE AREA BY THE GALLEY/COCKPIT WAS EXTREMELY HOT. THE SMELL DID NOT SEEM TO BE ELECTRICAL BUT DID MAKE MAKE BOTH PILOTS FEEL LIGHT HEADED. AT THE SAME TIME WE RECEIVED AN ACM O'TEMP CAS MESSAGE AND A SOUND LIKE THE APU WAS SHUTTING DOWN. HOWEVER, THE APU WAS STILL RUNNING AND WE DID NOT NOTICE THE RPMS DROP. THIS SOUND HAPPENED AROUND 5 TIMES. ALMOST AS IF IT WAS RUNNING THEN SHUTTING DOWN AUTOMATICALLY. THE SOUND WAS LIKE A "WHOOSH". CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED CABIN HEPA FILTER. OPS CHECK GOOD. IAW TC-68A-21-181006MR3 & CE-680A MM 21-60-00

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