Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 21, 2025
Submitted
August 23, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N881VP
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5606018
Aircraft time
8,459 hours, 6,554 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu Oil Sys
Part time
2,998 hours, 5,016 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT MADE A SCHEDULED DEPARTURE. DURING CLIMB OUT, SMOKE WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT & CABIN BY BOTH THE FLIGHT CREW AND PASSENGERS. AIRCRAFT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN OIL SEAL IN THE APU HAD FAILED WHICH ALLOWED OIL INTO THE APU INTAKE CAUSING SMOKE IN THE CABIN.

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