Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 1, 2014
Submitted
June 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28749
Aircraft time
61,143 hours, 16,781 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Oven
Condition
Dirty
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FIRST CLASS GALLEY 413 RT OVEN HAD SPILLED CARAMEL IN IT THAT CAUSED SMOKE TO FILL GALLEY, FIRE HAZARD. NEED THOROUGH CLEANING OR OVEN CHANGE. REPLACED RT OVEN IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY. OPERATIONS CHECKED OK.