Service difficulty report · Silencer · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
June 23, 2009
Submitted
November 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N489QS
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1389
Aircraft time
8,584 hours, 4,255 cycles
Part
Silencer
Part number
1159AC201131
Condition
Deteriorated
Part time
8,584 hours, 4,255 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

AFTER APPROX 50 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, F/A NOTICED A VERY SLIGHT ODOR. ABOUT 5-8 MINUTES LATER, SHE BEGAN TO NOTICE A VERY SLIGHT HAZE WHICH BEGAN TO THICKEN RAPIDLY. WE BEGAN AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND AS SOON AS THE THROTTLES WERE RETARDED THE SMOKE BEGAN TO DISSIPATE. CLEARING IN ABOUT 3 MINUTES. HOWEVER THE ODOR REMAINED. ALL BLEED INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. CABIN DUCT TEMP WAS 80 DEGREES AND HAD NOT BEEN MOVED SINCE LEVEL OFF (COCKPIT READ 60 DEGREES)