Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
February 2, 2008
Submitted
February 4, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N670DN
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
25331
Aircraft time
54,041 hours, 24,419 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Condition
Smoke
Location
Aft 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

AT CRUISE ALT 39000, FLT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE IN THE WASTE CAN AREA OF THE REAR GALLEY. REPORTED NO VISIBLE FLAMES. MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BWI. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE AN INSPECTION OF THE TRASH CAN REVEALED A COFFEE GROUND BAG HAD IGNITED. FIRE DEPT VERIFIED FIRE WAS CONTAINED IN TRASH BIN AND WAS EXTINGUISHED. PERFORMED INSP OF REAR GALLEY. NO DAMAGE NOTED.