Service difficulty report · Oven · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
March 4, 2020
Submitted
March 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N273AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
337
Aircraft time
87,726 hours, 12,397 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Odor
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AFTER TAKE OFF THE CREW SMELLED A TOXIC ODOR IN COCKPIT AND STORAGE IN FORWARD GALLEY AND A VERY STRONG ODOR IN BACK. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHL WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FORWARD GALLEY #2 OVEN HAD A BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL AND WAS REPLACED PER AMM 25-19.

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