# SDR AALA202604072084

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 3, 2026
- Submitted: April 7, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N918NN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N918NN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 33228
- Aircraft time: 38,697 hours, 16,812 cycles
- System (JASC): [2530 · Buffet/Galleys](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2530)
- Part: Oven
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Zone 900
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202604072084

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: ON DEPARTURE A STRONG ODOR WAS SMELLED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT. THE SMELL WAS A MIX OF BURNING PLASTIC AND BURNING FOOD HOWEVER THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORT THE OVEN IS EMPTY AND OFF. REMOVE AND REPLACED OVEN NUMBER 1 (AALA202604072084), PER AMM 25-32-03. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT HAND (AALA202604078618) AND RIGHT HAND (AALA202604075797) RECIRCULATION AIR FILTERS, PER AMM 21-25-01.

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