Service difficulty report · Apu · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
June 29, 2004
Submitted
July 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8505Q
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7505
Engine
Ge CF34*
Part
Apu
Part number
38004883
Part serial
P690
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
8,938 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT APPROX 1000 FEET AGL ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT, THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED A LIGHT BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A REPORT OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND A TOILET SMOKE WARNING. FLT CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ON REDUCTION OF THRUST, THE SMOKE STARTED TO CLEAR. AN OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL APPROACH AND LANDING WAS PERFORMED. NO EVACUATION OF THE PASSENGERS WAS ORDERED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE TO BE OIL COMING FROM THE APU BLEED INTO THE ACM`S. THE APU WAS REPLACED AND THE ACM PIPING AND FILTERS CLEANED. SUBSEQUENT GROUND RUN OF THE APU AND MAIN ENGINES WERE NORMAL.