Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cndair CL6002C11

Difficulty date
October 6, 2026
Submitted
October 8, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603SK
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C11
Aircraft serial
10248
Aircraft time
44,309 hours, 34,757 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Fumes
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT FROM KLNK, AROUND FL260, BEGAN TO SMELL AN ABNORMAL FUME IN THE FLIGHT DECK. OODR WAS REMINISCENT OF FUMES FROM A WILDFIRE. ALL ACFT INDICATIONS IN THE FLIGHT DECK WERE NORMAL & ODOR WOULD DISSIPATE & COME BACK, ASKED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO INSPECT THE CABIN, INITIALLY SHE DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING. AS WE APPROACHED KDEN IN CRUISE, ODOR TURNED SLIGHTLY ACRID, IN CRUISE, FA BEGAN SMELLING THE ODOR. AN OBSERVATION OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ALL WERE NORMAL & NO SMOKE VIEWED AT ANY POINT. ODOR NEVER BECAME OVERWHELMING. TURNING OFF RECIRC FAN & AFT CARGO FAN SEEMED TO HELP, BUT ODOR REMAINED. OUTSIDE OBSERVATION OF OUTSIDE AIR QUALITY SHOWED HAZE, SUSPECT POTENTIAL OUTSIDE AIR QUALITY COULD BE THE CULPRIT. ON GROUND, ODOR BEGAN TO DISSIPATE.