Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Emb EMB500

Difficulty date
May 20, 2012
Submitted
May 21, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N665AS
Make and model
Emb EMB500
Aircraft serial
50000018
Aircraft time
1,766 hours, 1,406 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Contaminated
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

ON CLIMBOUT, CREW SMELLED BURNED OIL AND OBSERVED LIGHT SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN. LECTED TO RETURN FOR INSPECTION. SMOKE AND ODOR DISSIPATED WITHIN MINUTES. AFTER INSPECTION OF ACFT, DETERMINED ODOR AND SMOKE TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM SMALL AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL THAT ACCUMULATED IN BLEED AIR SYS DURING ENGINE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION. IT WAS DETERMINED NO PARTS OR COMPONENTS WERE DEFECTIVE.

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