Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 16, 2006
Submitted
December 26, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
512
Aircraft time
40,828 hours, 14,684 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Condition
Odor
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

ELECTRICAL ODOR NOTICED IN THE AFT GALLEY. ODOR MORE PRONOUNCED AROUND DOOR 2L. NO ELECTRICAL ODOR DETECTED. NOTICE GLYCOL ODOR. ALSO, BURNED COFFEE ODOR COMING FROM COFFEE MAKER 41. RAN PACKS FULL HOT AND COFFEE MAKER HOT PLATES. DETERMINED ODOR IS COMING FROM COFFEE MAKER 41. DISCOVERED CB'S FOR COFFEE MAKERS CROSS-WIRED. CB FOR COFFEE MAKER 41 CONTROLLED 42 AND CB FOR COFFEE MAKER 42 CONTROLLED 41. INSPECTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS FOR BOTH COFFEE MAKERS, FOUND NO FAULTS. RECONNECTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS TO THE PROPER LOCATIONS. REPLACED COFFEE MAKER 41.

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