Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
April 6, 2006
Submitted
April 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513UA
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
24810
Aircraft time
52,196 hours, 19,512 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Oven
Condition
Overheated
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED ODOR OF SMOKE IN FWD GALLEY AREA. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS OVEN OVERHEATING AND CAUSING GALLEY CEILING TO GET VERY HOT. OVEN WAS REPLACED AND SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL. OSV REPAIR FACILITY REPORTS NO FINDINGS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED SMOKE AND OVERHEATING. UNRELATED DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED AND THE OVEN WAS RELEASED INTO THE NORMAL REPAIR PROCESS. ALTHOUGH UNCONFIRMED, IT CAN BE SPECULATED THAT FOOD RESIDUE IN THE OVEN CAUSED THE REPORTED SMOKING CONDITION.