Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 10, 2019
Submitted
September 16, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39043
Aircraft time
42,600 hours, 12,750 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
8609070000
Part serial
00030770
Condition
Faulty
Location
Galley
Part time
64,765 hours, 22,793 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FA'S REPORT "ELECTRICAL" SMELLING FUMES, PASSENGER ALSO SMELLS THEM, FROM ABOUT ROW 15 ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, BUT NOT IN THE GALLEY. QHR3.1 FOLLOWED THROUGH STEP 11. AT THAT POINT ALL FUMES WERE GONE. WE LEFT ITEMS TURNED OFF, OFF FOR REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. GROUNDED - YES. CONSULTED FLIGHT CREW UPON ARRIVAL AND CONFIRMED NO SMOKE IN CABIN BUT STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL FILLING CABIN AND PARTS OF GALLEY. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE C/W CONDITIONAL INSPECTION OF CABIN FOR SMOKE AND FUMES PER AMM 05-51-56-200-801. DURING INSPECTION OF ALL CABIN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, FOUND STRONG AND INSTANT ELECTRICAL ODOR COMING FROM AFT GALLEY DUAL OVEN. SMELL FILLED ENTIRE CABIN. ALSO CHECKED RECIRCULATION FANS FOR OBVIOUS DEFECTS. NONE FOUND. OPS CHECK VERIFIED L OVEN FAN NOT GETTING UP TO SPEED WITH A STICKER COVERING SCREEN. FOUND SMOKE SMELL WITH A 20 MIN OPS CHECK THROUGHOUT CABIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED OVEN REF AMM 25 32 01. OPS CHECK OF NEW OVEN VERIFIED FUNCTIONAL GOOD AT THIS TIME.