Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
August 26, 2008
Submitted
September 4, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N171UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24322
Aircraft time
72,527 hours, 8,717 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
5619022
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
DE
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

AFT GALLEY SMOKE APPEARING. OCCURRED JUST PRIOR TO LANDING AND ELECTRICAL POWER REMOVED FROM GALLEY AS A PRECAUTION. PER FLIGHT ATTENDENTS, THEY SAW A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM AREA NEAR AFT LEFT COFFEE WARMER. OPERATED ALL AFT GALLEY EQUIPMENT. CHECKED AREA. NO SMOKE DETECTED. CLEANED COFFEE WARMER AS PRECAUTION. NO REPEAT OF REPORTED SMOKE.