Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
January 16, 2025
Submitted
January 31, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0078
Aircraft time
8,424 hours, 5,564 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
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

ODORS IN COCKPIT / CABIN: REPEAT WRITEUP. WE DEPARTED KIAD AND CLIMBED TO 3000FT. AT LEVEL OFF, WE TURNED ON THE ENG AND WING ANTI ICE. AS SOON AS WE TURNED ON THE ANTI ICE, WE NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ODOR, SORT OF LIKE A PLASTIC FUME TYPE OF ODOR. WE ELECTED TO RETURN TO KIAD AND THE SMELL REMAINED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2000FT. AT 2000FT, WE HAD TURNED THE ANTI ICE OFF. PERHAPS THE ANTI ICE IS ASSOCIATED, OR PERHAPS IT WAS COINCIDENCE, BUT IT DID SEEM TO COINCIDE WITH THE ANTI ICE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PERFORMED INSPECTION OF ANTI-ICE TUBE. NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPS CHECK GOOD. IAW EMM 72-30-01.

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