Service difficulty report · Oven · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 26, 2001
Submitted
March 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48472
Aircraft time
42,888 hours, 5,882 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
831620405
Part serial
0053
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

IN FLIGHT, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS SMELL AND SMOKE IN AFT GALLEY. AIRCRAFT DEVERTED TO LONDON (LGW). MAINTENANCE RAN OVENS AND CHILLER, FOUND SMELL COMING FROM CHILLER AND RIGHT AFT OVEN. DISCONNECTED CANNON PLUGS AND PULLED C/B ON BOTH COMPONENTS. MAINTENANCE IN ATLANTA (ATL) REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AFT CHILLER AND RIGHT AFT OVEN. RAN BOTH NO PROBLEMS NOTED ETOPS CATEGORY ''B'': DIVERSION OR TURNBACK

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