Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
November 15, 2002
Submitted
November 25, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N657DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24419
Aircraft time
43,024 hours, 21,301 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
811150417
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, B

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

What was found

AT FLT LVL 270 FROM ATL TO BWI FLT ATTN REPORTED WHITE/GRAYISH SMOKE COMING FROM THE AFT GALLEY ABOVE THE CEILING PANEL. REMOVED GALLEY POWER, SMOKE STILL EVIDENT. DECLARED EMERGENCY INTO CLT. DISCOVERED THE AFT GALLEY LEFT COFFEE MAKER HAS BURNED HEATING ELEMENT AND WAS SOURCE OF SMOKE. REPLACED COFFEE MAKER.