Service difficulty report · Oven · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
March 20, 2026
Submitted
March 23, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1323
Aircraft time
76,798 hours, 36,121 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Dirty
Location
Zone 900
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, 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: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHL DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT WHILE CLIMBING THRU THE UPPER TEENS THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED A SMELL THAT RESEMBLED AN OVEN OR ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT PHL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THE CREW DEBRIEF INDICATED SMELL OF BURNING FOOD LIKELY, NO FUEL / OIL SMELLS, APU OFF CREW SOF REPORT INDICATED SIMILARLY. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TASK CARD SMOKE / ODOR / FUME TROUBLESHOOTING TASK CARD 26L00021001 AND THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF ODOR EMANATED FROM THE FORWARD GALLEY NR 1 OVEN, MAINTENANCE FOUND BURNT RESIDUE ON OVEN RACK, REMOVED RACKS AND CLEANED INTERIOR OF OVEN.

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