Service difficulty report · Oven · Airbus A321271NX

Difficulty date
January 26, 2026
Submitted
January 27, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14541
Make and model
Airbus A321271NX
Aircraft serial
12591
Aircraft time
1,322 hours, 501 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 900
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEP AFT FAS REPORTED BURNT RUBBER ODOR. SUB SIDED AFTER APP ROX 15 MI NS. NO OTHER ABNORM IN PIC OF ODOR REPORTING SHEET ADDED. FILLED OUT BY AFT FA. IAH HMC'S REPORT THAT THE AC DID NOT GET DE-ICED BEFORE DEPARTURE RAN PACKS INDIVIDUALLY ON FULL HOT & FULL COLD FOR 15-20 MIN INTERVALS. NO ODOR OR DEFECTS DETECTED. FA REPORTED NO CHILLERS OR OVENS WERE IN OPS. CAPTAIN NOTED ACFT WAS NOT DEICED IN IAH, ACFT HAD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DEICE FUILD REMAINING FROM PREVIOUSLY BEING IN DENVER. PERFORMED TSM TASK 05-50-00-810-831-A, ODOR WAS ONLY COMING FROM AFT GALLEY, INSPECTED & RAN BOTH AFT GALLEY OVENS & GOT A ODOR COMING FROM OVEN 404. INSPECTED GALLEY OVEN & FOUND EVIDENCE OF BURNT PLASTIC. RAN CHILLERS, AS PACKS FOR AN HR & GOT NO ODOR. REMOVED BAD TRAY FROM ACFT & RAN THE OVEN AND THE ODOR WENT AWAY. NO PRIOR HISTORY & BECAUSE ODOR WAS FOR 15 MINS & IN AFT GALLEY ONLY, SUSPECT BURNED PLASTIC IN GALLEY OVEN 404 TO BE CAUSE OF ODOR.

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