Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
September 5, 2000
Submitted
September 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N19130
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
28970
Aircraft time
8,873 hours, 2,702 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
72067002
Part serial
0076
Condition
Overheated
Location
Fwd Galley
Part time
21,540 hours, 8,550 cycles
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

A VERY STRONG ACRID ODOR BEGAN TO FILL THE CABIN APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AFTER DEPARTING FROM MCO. THE ELECTRICAL SMOKE CHECKLIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE UTILITY BUSSES WERE TURNED OFF AND THE ODOR/SMOKE LESSENED, BUT DID NOT GO AWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO JAX WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FORWARD GALLEY AFT INBOARD OVEN FAN HAD OVERHEATED. THE OVEN WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.