Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757223

Difficulty date
January 11, 2007
Submitted
January 25, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N199AN
Make and model
Boeing 757223
Aircraft serial
32393
Part
Oven
Condition
Dirty
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SJU INFLIGHT T1044/11JAN AUA TO BOS - FIRST CLASS GALLEY OVEN BEGAN SMOKING. SMELLED LIKE ORGANIC MATERIAL. OVEN TEMPERATURE WAS SET AT 175 AND THE OVERHEAT LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO FIRST CLASS OVENS WERE TURNED OFF AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED. LANDED AT SJU WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND FOOD RESIDUE IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY OVEN. CLEANED OVEN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION FOR BOTH OVENS.