Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 727222

Difficulty date
November 22, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7455U
Make and model
Boeing 727222
Aircraft serial
21909
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Coffeemaker
Condition
Defective
Location
Galley
Component
Grimes · 35200015
Stage of operation
IN
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

MINOR SMOKE IN AFT GALLEY. SUBMITTER STATES, SUSPECTED CAUSE WAS EITHER A LIGHT BULB OR A COFFEE MAKER. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THE COFFEE MAKER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE COFFEE MAKER WAS REPLACED AND CHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION.