Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
July 8, 2013
Submitted
July 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N60ES
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500035
Aircraft time
3,217 hours, 2,364 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
73838433
Part serial
200006071
Condition
Frozen
Location
Tail Compartment
Part time
782 hours, 593 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER LANDING, THE CREW WAS CLEANING THE AIRPLANE INTERIOR WHEN THEY NOTICED HOT AIR AND A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE CABIN VENTILATION SYS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED AS A LIGHT HAZE IN THE CABIN. DESPITE BEING SELECTED TO A COOL SETTING, THE SUPPLY TEMPERATURE OF THE CABIN PACK IN THE COCKPIT INDICATED A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 210 DEGREES F WHICH WAS STEADILY CLIMBING UNTIL THE PAC WAS SELECTED OFF. AFTER SELECTING THE PAC OFF, THE SUPPLY TEMPERATURE STEADILY LOWERED AND THE SMOKE SUBSIDED. THE CABIN ACM PAC WAS DEFERRED IAW THE MEL AND THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. MX DISCOVERED THE CABIN ACM TO BE FROZEN. THE CABIN ACM WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE FAILURE, WE ALSO HAD THE COCKPIT ACM REPLACED AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.

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