Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
September 24, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
9,458 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
400263601
Condition
Overheated
Location
Galley
Part time
1,563 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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) FLIGHT 8921 SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE AFT R/H COFFEE MAKER STARTED SMOKING AND BLEW THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS. SINCE THE ACRID SMOKE SEEMED TO BE CONTINUING, THE CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE SMOKE THEN STARTED LESSENING AND DISSIPATING. CREW ADVISE THAT THEY KEPT THE PASSENGERS INFORMED AND THERE WERE NO CONCERNS. CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. AT YQB THE COFFEE MAKER WAS DETERMINED TO BE AT FAULT AND DISABLED, CB PULLED. COFFEE MAKER REPLACED.