Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
February 2, 2003
Submitted
February 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N19623
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
27527
Aircraft time
23,730 hours, 12,842 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
72067752
Part serial
0228
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Aft Galley
Part time
24,649 hours, 9,340 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO LAX AFTER SMOKE WAS REPORTED IN THE AFT GALLEY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT LAX WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AFT GALLEY RIGHT OVEN VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH AND THE COMPARTMENT ABOVE THE OVEN WAS ALSO VERY HOT. MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED THE OVEN WAS AT FAULT. THE OVEN WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. ALL AFT GALLEY OVENS WERE RUN FOR THIRTY MINUTES WITH NO SMOKE OBSERVED.