Service difficulty report · Warmer · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
November 4, 2005
Submitted
November 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78285
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
33452
Aircraft time
4,618 hours, 1,504 cycles
Part
Warmer
Part number
45300015
Condition
Overheated
Location
Aft Galley
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

AN ELECTRICAL ODOR ACCOMPANIED BY MOMENTARY SMOKE CAME FROM THE AFT GALLEY WHILE EN ROUTE TO EWR. THE OVEN AND COFFEEMAKER CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED AND THE SMOKE AND ODOR CEASED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND COFFEE WARMERS AT POSITION 417 AND 418 OVERHEATING. THE COFFEE WARMERS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ALL THREE AFT GALLEY OVENS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. ALSO THE AFT GALLEY COFFEE WARMER CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED.