Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
November 17, 2025
Submitted
November 18, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26938
Aircraft time
112,948 hours, 15,126 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PLASTIC BURNING ODOR BETWEEN DOOR 2L AND 2R. GALLEY PWR OFF NO SMOKE. ODOR BECAME PRESENT AS THE ACFT WAS ON APPROACH. NO GALLEY CONSUMERS WERE OPERATING AT THE TIME AND THE ODOR WENT AWAY WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION FROM FAS. GALLEY POWER REMAINED ON THROUGHOUT & WAS NOT DEACTIVATED BY FAS, USED FIM 21-00 TASK 808 TABLES, INSPECTED GALLEY CHILLERS AND GALLEY POWER PANELS WIRING BEHIND AND ALL LOOKED NORMAL, ACD TEST OF DOOR HEATERS AMM 21-45-03-400-801, ACD GALLEY HEATER OF FWD GALLEY 21-45-04 AND NO ODOR FOUND, RAN PACKS AT DIFF TEMP SETTINGS AND NO ODOR, CHECKED NEARBY IFE EQUIMENT & ALL NORMAL AND NO FAULTS OBSERVED. OPENED CEILING PANELS AT GALLEY DOOR 2R/L, ALL WIRING GVI WAS NORMAL, TESTED FLUORESCENT TUBES AND BALLAST OF GALLEY ILLUMINATION AMM 33-27-00, NO SMELL PRESENT, LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CORRECTLY AND BALLASTS WERE NORMAL. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED. OK TO CONTINUE. OPENED PACK BAY AREAS AND E/E COMPARTMENT & VISUALLY INSPECTED VISIBLE WIRING AND NO ODOR PRESENT NOR VISIBLE DAMAGE.