Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
October 1, 2017
Submitted
October 3, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N342QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800214
Aircraft time
9,288 hours, 5,946 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

STRONG EXHAUST FUEL, OIL ODOR STARTING THRU 18,000 FT AND INCREASING INTENSITY THROUGH CRUISE AND DECENT. UNABLE TO ISOLATE ISSUE AND USED OXYGENMASK FOR THE DURATION OF FLIGHT. INSTALLED NEW COALESCER SOCK. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW MM 21-50-00. RAN AIRCRAFT APU SLIGHT ODOR OF OIL STILL PRESENT, SHUT DOWN THE APU WAITED 10 MINUETS AND CHECKED OIL LEVEL FOUND APU OIL OVERSERVICED, REMOVED 4OZ OF OIL TO OBTAIN PROPER LEVEL IAW MM 49-10-00. REPEATED PROCEDURE IN TC-680-21-120905M REASSEMBLED SEPARATOR AND REINSTALLED IN AIRCRAFT IAW MM 21-50-00, OPS CHECKED WITH ODOR NO LONGER PRESENT.