Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
December 3, 2010
Submitted
December 3, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N54711
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28782
Aircraft time
41,047 hours, 13,610 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON TAXI OUT F/A REPORTED ALARM (SMOKE) IN AFT LAV, A/C LEFT ACTIVATED AFTER F/A OPENED REAR GALLEY OVEN. F/A REPORTED SMOKE INITIALLY CAME FROM OVEN BUT DISSIPATED. LAV ALARM CONTINUED TO SOUND AT GATE. INSPECTION FOUND NO SMOKE. MX CALLED PER F/A BRIEFING NO SMOKE WAS EVIDENT SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF WHEN OVEN DOOR WAS OPENED, RESET SMOKE DETECTOR PER MM 26-14-00 ON LT AFT LAV. RAN OPS CHECK ON GALLEY OVENS AND C/M NO ABNORMAL DEFECT NOTED. A/C OK TO CONTINUE.