# Incident 20250829012919I: Embraer ERJ-170-200SU, Atlanta, GA, August 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2025, 07:13 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Int
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: NZAF
- Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL (ATL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4279&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FRQN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ-170-200SU
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250829012919I

## Narrative

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

ON THE CLIMB OUT OF ATL THE FLIGHT CREW ADVISED DISPATCH THAT THERE WAS SMOKE DETECTED COMING FROM THE GALLEY OVEN - THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE FA PULLED THE CB AND FLIGHT STARTED TO HEAD BACK TO ATL. AFTER THE CB WAS PULLED - THE SMOKE SLOWLY GOT BETTER. INITIALLY THEY DECLARED A PAN PAN BUT THAT WAS LATER UPGRADED TO MAYDAY. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO ATL AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUE.

AUG 29/2025 AFTER LANDING THE OVEN WAS INSPECTED; LIQUID AND BURNT MATERIAL WAS NOTED INSIDE THE OVEN. THE OVEN WAS DEFERRED; CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED AND COLLARED.  SEPT 2/2025 THE OVEN WAS REPLACED. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS CARRIED OUT WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO REOCCURRENCE HAS BEEN NOTED.

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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