Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737242C

Difficulty date
April 15, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737242C
Aircraft time
78,439 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Wire
Part number
L51015915
Condition
Overheated
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) PRIOR TO PASS BOARDING WHILE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PREPARED THE CABIN FOR FLIGHT SMOKE AND ARCING WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT GALLEY COFFEE MAKER CB PANEL. ELECTRICAL POWER WAS REMOVER FROM THE AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER FIRED INTO THE COMPARTMENT. NR 2 COFFEEMAKER CB AND ATTACH WIRES HAD BEEN SEVERELY OVERHEATED AND PART OF THE HOUSING AND WIRES WERE BURNED. CB AND WIRES REPLACED.