Service difficulty report · Smoke · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
October 10, 2005
Submitted
October 18, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N785UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26954
Aircraft time
37,542 hours, 5,751 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

ELECTRICAL ODOR (HEAT) APPARENT AROUND DOOR 2R. OPENED CLOSET AT 2R AND SMOKE WAS SEEN TO EXIT. GALLEY POWER TURNED OFF AND ODOR DISSIPATED. REPLACED TRANSFORMER 10/11/05. SYSTEM HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AS OF 11/10/05. PROBLEM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A ONE TIME FAILURE OF THE TRANSFORMER.