Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 7379

Difficulty date
August 26, 2026
Submitted
August 31, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17599
Make and model
Boeing 7379
Aircraft serial
67640
Aircraft time
4,586 hours, 1,519 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Odor
Location
Zone 900
Stage of operation
NR
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

INTERMITTENT FAINT BURNING PLASTIC ODOR IN FLT DECK & CABIN. THROUGHOUT FLT LASTING 1 MIN FAINT BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT. ODOR PRESENT AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS, SUGGEST TAKING ACFT TO THE RUN-UP PAD TO ISOLATE ODOR. APU WAS OFF WHEN ODOR WAS PRESENT. OPS PACKS USING APU IMMEDIATELY UPON TURNING LT PACK ON, FAINT ODOR RETURNED. PILOT STATED UPON HIGHER POWER CHANGES THE ODOR RETURNS. PILOT ALSO SUSPECTED LT PACK. IAW FIM 21-00, TASK 803, PARAGRAPH I , RAN ENGINES AT 70% N1 FOR 10 MINS ON IDG POWER ISOLATING EACH AIR SOURCE. NO ODOR COMING FROM PACKS & AIR SOURCES.RAN ALL GALLEY EQUIPMENT. FOUND ELECTRIC ODOR COMING FROM FWD GALLEY OVENS. OVEN REPLACEMENT & CABIN AIR FILTER REPLACED ON SEPARATE LOG PAGES.

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