# Incident 20140805014149I: Boeing 777-222, August 5, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2014, 18:50 local time
- Airport: Halifax/Robert L. Stanfield In
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Aircraft: N780UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-222 (registry code 1385219, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-222
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140805014149I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AN INFLIGHT FIRE WAS REPORTED IN AN AFT GALLEY OVEN. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY, AND THEN DIVERTED TO HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT, NOVA SCOTIA(YHZ). AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WHERE THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY VIA THE JET BRIDGE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND A PROTECTIVE BREATHING EQUIPMENT PBE WERE USED INFLIGHT.  GALLEY OVEN R53 WAS REMOVED BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOR A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE OVEN. INITIAL ASSESSMENT BY MAINTENANCE INDICATES THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE OVEN INTERNAL FAN AREA WITH SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT A FIRE WAS VISIBLE.  THE OVEN WAS DEFERRED PER THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST (MEL) FOR A POSITION FERRY BACK TO WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAD). THE OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO FINDINGS. THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (BRU) ON ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.

THE OVEN WAS SENT TO HEATH TECNA FOR EVALUATION TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE.  THE VENDER REPORTED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE AND SMOKE. THE OVEN HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER (B/E AEROSPACE) FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.

AS THE RESULT OF THE UNITED CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE (CMO) INVESTIGATION, THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED: 1. THE CMO IS LOOKING INTO A REPORT BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS THAT THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTLY IN REMOVING AND ACTIVATING THE PBE. 2. THE CMO IS ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS APPARENT LACK OF AWARENESS OF UNITED?S OVEN FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES.  THE RESULTS OF THE CMO INVESTIGATION WILL BE REPORTED IN PTRS # 201405356.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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