Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
December 4, 2005
Submitted
December 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17620
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
27333
Aircraft time
30,273 hours, 16,155 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
416100129
Condition
Burned
Location
Fwd 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

A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE FORWARD GALLEY WAS NOTED IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN WHILE EN ROUTE TO IAH. THE OVENS, COFFEEMAKERS, AND GALLEY POWER WAS TURNED OFF. THE ODOR DISSIPATED AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO THE FORWARD GALLEY INBOARD COFFEEMAKER. BOTH COFFEEMAKERS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE WIRING AND CONNECTORS WERE INSPECTED WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS FOUND. BOTH COFFEEMAKERS WERE OPERATED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.