Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 737924ER

Difficulty date
December 10, 2025
Submitted
December 12, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78448
Make and model
Boeing 737924ER
Aircraft serial
40003
Aircraft time
43,145 hours, 15,868 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACRID SMELL AND VISIBLE SMOKE & HAZE IN AFT GALLEY /LAST 2 PAX ROW S. CHECKLISTS RAN, DIVERTED. DEBRIEFED INBOUND FLIGHT CREW. CREW NOTED HAZE IN AFT OF AIRCRAFT CABIN, AND ODOR WAS NOTABLY WORSE WHEN LT PACK SWITCH WAS PLACED IN AUTO DURING FLIGHT. REMOVED COFFEE MAKERS 419 & 420 IN AFT GALLEY, AND FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE MULTIPLE BURNED NAPKINS UNDERNEATH EACH COFFEE MAKER. RAN ALL AFT GALLEY OVENS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. E CEILING PANELS ARE REMOVED TO CHECK FOR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF POTENTIAL BURNING. OPENED FLIGHT DATA RECORDER PANEL L1223 & INSPECTED FOR ANY OTHER POTENTIAL EVIDENCE OF ODOR IN THE VICINITY. NO EVIDENCE FOUND. REINSTALLED BOTH AFT COFFEE MAKERS IAW AMM 25-34-00. OPS CHKD GOOD.