SDR 0602779884

Service difficulty report · Oven · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
December 18, 2006
Submitted
December 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N677MC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47756
Aircraft time
60,702 hours, 51,771 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
2510006601
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Component part number
2
Stage of operation
CR
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

WHEN FLIGHT ATTENDANT ATTEMPTED TO UTILIZE THE OVEN A THICK WHITE SMOKE DEVELOPED FROM THE ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTION AREA AT BACK WALL. SMOKE SMELLED OF ELECTRICAL BURNING AND DID NOT EMANATE FROM BURNING SPILLAGE INSIDE THE OVEN. AN INOPERATIVE OVEN FAN WAS CONFIRMED. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS WERE FOUND TO BE FREE OF DEFECTS. THE OVEN WAS REPLACED THE NEXT DAY AT MSP. THE AIRCRAFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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