Service difficulty report · Wire · Cndair CL6002D24

Difficulty date
August 15, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cndair CL6002D24
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED REVENUE OPERATION, THE COCKPIT AND CABIN CREW NOTICED AN ODOR OF HEAT AND ELECTRICS COMING FROM THE OVEN AREA IN GALLEY ONE. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. DURING INVESTIGATION, BURNED TERMINAL LUGS AT CB2 (OVEN NR 2) ON THE GALLEY CONTROL PANEL WERE FOUND AS THE ORIGINATING SOURCE OF THE ODOR. THE CAUSE FOR THE BURN WAS MOST PROBABLY A LOOSE SCREW JOINT. PANEL OR THE CB OR ANY OTHER ATTACHING PARTS HAD BEEN REPLACED IN SERVICE UP TO THE INCIDENT. ALL AFFECTED PARTS HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.