Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Airbus A330342

Difficulty date
December 12, 2002
Submitted
February 10, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Airbus A330342
Aircraft time
21,078 hours
Engine
Rroyce RB211TRENT77
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
4110001XXX
Condition
Odor
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) A/C ARRIVED ON A TURN AROUND AT YYZ. CREW INFORMED MTCE THAT THEY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING IN THE AFT GALLEY. MTCE ISOLATED THE ODOR TO THE AFT LT GALLEY UNIT, NR 1 & 2 COFFEEMAKERS. THE COFFEEMAKERS WERE REMOVED FOR INSPECTION. MTCE FOUND THAT THE SHELF COMPARTMENT FLOOR ON WHICH THE COFFEEMAKERS SAT, SHOWED EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING. THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE COFFEEMAKER BOILER PLATE TO THE COMPARTMENT FLOOR. AT ALL COFFEEMAKER LOCATIONS IN THE GALLEY, A DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED ON THE HONEYCOMB PANEL IAW CFT CMM 25-31-95.

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