Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
November 10, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N773AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25106
Part
Oven
Part number
8609020000
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Galley
Part time
18,937 hours
Stage of operation
NR
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

OAK - DURING FLT 528 - FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT ALL AFT GALLEY LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING AND AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS PRESENT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO OAK FOR INSPECTION. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE FLICKERING LIGHTS AND NO ELECTRICAL ODOR OR SMOKE WAS PRESENT. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, MAINTENANCE PULLED AND COLLARED THE AFT GALLEY OVEN CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND DEFERRED AS PASSENGER CONVENIENCE ITEM. PDX MAINTENANCE RAN OVEN ON HIGH FOR 30 MINUTES AND FOUND A GREY/BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE DUAL BAY OVEN. REPLACED OVEN, OPERATED NORMALLY. THE OVEN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ROUTED TO THE ALASKA AIRLINES AVIONICS SHOP IN SEA WHERE IT WAS CLEANED AND TESTED. UPON TESTING, THE OVEN OPERATED NORMALLY W

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