# SDR 2017FA0000476

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 1, 2017
- Submitted: September 1, 2017
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N225DC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N225DC), registered now
- Make and model: Gulstm GIV
- Aircraft serial: 1253
- Aircraft time: 9,877 hours
- System (JASC): [2140 · Heating System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2140)
- Part: Heating Element
- Part number: 1172128
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Aft Galley
- Part time: 9,877 hours
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2017FA0000476

## Discrepancy

AFT GALLEY FLOOR HEATER PAD SHORTED OUT AND CREATED SMOKE IN THE CABIN DURING CLIMBOUT. GALLEY FLOOR HEAT SYSTEM WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEACTIVATED.

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