Service difficulty report · Oven · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
July 23, 2010
Submitted
July 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N436QS
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1436
Aircraft time
7,891 hours, 3,846 cycles
Engine
Rroyce TAY6118
Part
Oven
Part number
50231LOVS280
Part serial
0222
Condition
Odor
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

ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, THE F/A TURNED THE OVEN ON TO WARM SOME BREAD. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SHE NOTICED THE AREA HAD AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AND AN ODOR OTHER THAN BURNED FOOD. SHE ALSO STATED SHE NOTICED SMOKE INSIDE THE OVEN DOOR WINDOW. THE OVEN WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED TO DEACTIVATE THE SYS AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER ISSUES.