Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757223

Difficulty date
December 25, 2019
Submitted
December 27, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N185AN
Make and model
Boeing 757223
Aircraft serial
32379
Aircraft time
64,466 hours, 16,191 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
8609010000
Part serial
02121030
Condition
Odor
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON TAXI OUT FAS REPORTED ELECTRICAL ODOR, SAID IT WAS STRONG. JUMPSEATER WENT BACK AND CONFIRMED ODOR, AND FOUND IT TO BE STRONGEST IN FIRST CLASS, LEFT SIDE, SECOND OR THIRD ROW. PAX REPORTED OILY SMELL. MAINTENANCE REPORTS UPON FURTHER EVALUATION, FOUND ELECTRICAL/ MILD BURNING SMELL WHEN FIRST CLASS GALLEY OVEN IS IN OPERATION AFTER 10 MINUTES OF USE AND PERSISTED THROUGH-OUT THE TIME IT IS ON. CYCLED OVEN SEVERAL TIMES WITH SAME OUTCOME. REMOVED AND REPLACED FIRST CLASS GALLEY OVEN IAW AMM 25-31-05. RAN OVEN IN EXCESS OF ONE HOUR AND COULD NOT REPLICATED ODOR.