Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
September 12, 2000
Submitted
September 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6710E
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
30482
Aircraft time
46 hours, 31 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
256003551
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ODOR OF UNDETERMINED ORGIN IN FWD GALLEY AREA (OVERHEAD VENT) SEEMS TO DIMINISH WHEN OVENS TURNED OFF, BUT NOT GO AWAY COMPLETELY. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. REQUEST MAINT INVESTIGATE BEFORE FURTHER FLIGHT. MAINT RAN OVENS, INSPECTED COMPONENTS IN AREA, NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. SUSPECT CONTAMINATION OF NEW OVENS/BURNED SAUCE ON OVEN RACKS FOR PRODUCING UNUSUAL AROMA. SMELL WAS NOT ELECTRICAL.