Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
December 21, 2010
Submitted
December 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N662US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
23720
Aircraft time
90,525 hours, 11,592 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Oven
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING FLIGHT, OVEN EMITTED SMOKE AND FUMES. OVEN WAS SHUTOFF AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND FLIGHT CONTINUED. MX FOUND MELTED PASTIC CONTAINERS IN THE OVEN AND REPLACED THE OVEN, CONTROLLER, RELAYS AND TERMINAL LUGS. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD.