# SDR CALA2026040715186

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 7, 2026
- Submitted: April 8, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N787UA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787UA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial: 26939
- Aircraft time: 114,461 hours, 15,204 cycles
- System (JASC): [3300 · Lighting System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3300)
- Part: Ballast
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Zone 200
- Stage of operation: UK
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA2026040715186

## Discrepancy

FLT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMELL OF PLASTIC BURN IN B ZONE GALLEY UNABLE TO GET DEBRIEFED BY PILOTS. FA WORKING MID GALLEY AREA WAS DEBRIEFED. HER STATEMENT WAS PLASTIC/ELECTRIC SMELL WAS LOCALIZED IN THE L2 DOOR ONLY. (LIGHT ABOVE L2 DOOR). SHE STATED NO SMELL IN MIG GALLEY (OVENS ECT).FWD ISLE AHEAD OF L2 DOOR. AND AFT ISLE BEHIND L2 DOOR.  (STANDING ON THE CARPETS. FWD/AFT.FORMS ATTACHED.   MINIMUM INFO ATTACHED PERFOMED INSPECTION OF L2 AND GALLLEY AREA ZONE B , FOUND SMELL ORDER OF BURNT SMELL ON LIGHT BALLAST LOCATED OVERHEAD L2 DOOR, REMOVED AND REPLACED BAD BALLAST AND BULB NOW OPS CK NML ADD EMP:U245057

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