Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
July 28, 2016
Submitted
August 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105UW
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
868
Aircraft time
47,332 hours, 27,156 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
451014UF01
Condition
Odor
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED ELECRICAL ODOR. SHUTOFF CHILLERS & COFFEE POTS, ODOR REMAINED IN AFT OF ACFT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE ODOR TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT COFFEMAKERS AND COMPARTMENT WHICH WAS FILLED WITH SOOT. THE DEFECTIVE COFFEEMAKERS WERE REMOVED AND THE SOOT WAS CLEANED FROM THE COMPARTMENT. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED SERVICEABLE LEFT AND RIGHT AFT COFFEMAKERS. A SATISFACTORY LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ODORS BEING NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED

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