Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
August 9, 2014
Submitted
August 28, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
25143
Aircraft time
107,858 hours, 15,739 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM THE FORWARD GALLEY OVENS. CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH AND PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKERS. SMOKE DISSIPATED BUT EXCESSIVE HEAT REMAINED IN THE AREA. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT ALL THREE FORWARD GALLEY OVENS HAD EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. REPLACED THE OVENS.