Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Cndair CL6002B16

Difficulty date
November 14, 2025
Submitted
November 17, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N254QS
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B16
Aircraft serial
6187
Aircraft time
2,390 hours, 1,364 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING TAKE-OFF AROUND 600' DURING GEAR RETRACTION WE GOT A HYDRAULIC/ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN. AROUND 1500' THE ODOR CONTINUED TO GET STRONGER. LEVELED OFF AT 4000' STARTED A RETURN BACK INTO KDAL. THE ODOR STARTED TO DISSIPATE A LITTLE, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTICED THE ODOR IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE-OFF. ON THE APPROACH BACK INTO KDAL LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR CAUSED THE SMELL TO COME BACK. ONCE WE LANDED WE CHECKED THE ELECTRICAL AND HYDRAULIC SYNATIC PAGES. THE ELECTRICAL PAGE LOOKED NORMAL. THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC TEMP WAS AROUND 67 DEGREES. R & R THE LT & RT WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAGS WITH NEW COALESCER BAGS IAW CL650 AMM 21-51-13-000-801 / 21-51-13-400-801. PERFORMED APU/ENGINE RUN AND OPERATED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AMM 21-00-00-862-803/-804. HI-POWER RUN WAS 10 MIN LONG WITH PERIOD OF 5 MIN AT IDLE, FOLLOWED BY SECOND 10 MIN HI-POWER RUN. NO ODOR NOTICED IN COCKPIT OR CABIN.