Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
March 2, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24385
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Oven
Part number
8055010000
Condition
Dirty
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE WITH AN OVEN FIRE. REPLACED OVEN. REMOVED OVEN WAS DISASSEMBLED AND A SMALL DEPOSIT OF SOLIDIFIED PLASTIC WAS FOUND ADHERING TO UPPER SURFACE OF OVEN UPPER INTERNAL BAFFLE PLATE CLOSEST TO FAN MOTOR AND BURNER ELEMENTS. IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE OF PLASTIC IS UNKNOWN. NO DEFECTS IN OVEN PROPER.