Service difficulty report · Microwave Oven · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 2, 2014
Submitted
August 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N790XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500070
Aircraft time
13,431 hours, 8,188 cycles
Part
Microwave Oven
Part number
400140902LN
Part serial
050536976
Condition
Failed
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED AN ELEC SMELL AS THE MICROWAVE OVEN WAS IN OPERATION. NO PHYSICAL INDICATIONS OF FIRE OR SMOKE WAS NOTED. AS A PRECAUTION, THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT. THE MICROWAVE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED FROM THE ACFT FOR REPAIR & THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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