Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 31, 2006
Submitted
September 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N791UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26933
Aircraft time
39,487 hours, 6,081 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
3510003201U2
Part serial
253201276
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley Spt M41
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

SMOKE IN AFT GALLEY. AFT GALLEY HAD HEAVY SMOKE UNTIL GALLEY POWER TURNED OFF. CREW OBSERVED THAT SMOKE CAME FROM RIGHT SIDE WALL ABOVE COFFEEMAKER M41 AND M42. ONCE ON GROUND, AND ALL GALLEY EQUIPMENT POWER SWITCHED ON, NO SMOKE FROM THIS AREA. HOWEVER, HEAVY ELEC SMELL FROM COFFEEMAKER M41. REPLACED COFFEEMAKER ASSY. NO CONTINUING SMELL OR SMOKE IN AFT GALLEY. SUSPECT ELECT SHORT IN COFFEEMAKER.