Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757351

Difficulty date
March 1, 2011
Submitted
March 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584NW
Make and model
Boeing 757351
Aircraft serial
32984
Aircraft time
315,541 hours, 10,012 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Forward Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE IN THE FORWARD GALLEY AT OVEN START UP. MAINTENANCE CHECKED GALLEY CEILING AND FIXTURES. THE NR 1 OVEN WAS FOUND WITH A PLASTIC SUBSTANCE NEAR THE HEATING COIL. SUBSTANCE WAS CLEANED AND OVEN OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO ODORS.