Service difficulty report · Oven · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 30, 2007
Submitted
May 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N946DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49819
Aircraft time
47,627 hours, 36,966 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PNS-ATL FLT 467 SHORTLY AFTER T/O, A HOT OVEN/BURNING SMELL FLT 1238 BY CP AND CABIN CREW. IT DISSIPATED W/IN FEW MINUTES. FLT 1238 ATL-SRQ HAPPEN 2ND TIME ODOR WAS STRONGER AND LASTED LONGER. SUSPECTED POSSIBLE BIRD INGESTION. FLT 930 SRQ-ATL, STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL ON DESCENT. F/A'S SAID SMELLED LIKE SULFUR OR MATCH ODOR VERY STRONG IN COCKPIT. MTC IS IN PROGRESS DNTC. INSPECTED APU INLET AND BOTH ENGINE INTAKES NO TROUBLE FOUND RAN PACKS USING APU AND ENGINES NO SMELL OBSERVED REPLACED AND RT COALESCER BAGS REMOVED BURNT DEBRIS FROM F/C OVEN.

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