Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
July 1, 2006
Submitted
July 3, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14231
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28795
Aircraft time
22,922 hours, 8,227 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
820311000A
Part serial
97119829
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Aft Galley
Part time
6,911 hours, 2,542 cycles
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

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE AFT GALLEY WHILE EN ROUTE TO SEA. THERE WAS NO SMOKE OBSERVED. THE OVEN CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED AND THE ODOR DIMINISHED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SEA WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF ODOR TO THE NR 2 AFT GALLEY OVEN. THE OVEN WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.