Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
April 17, 2009
Submitted
April 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
23209
Aircraft time
72,261 hours, 30,118 cycles
Part
Oven
Part serial
00336
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Part time
1,547 hours, 1,547 cycles
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

IN CRUISE FROM PDX TO MSP, THE OVEN BEGAN TO SMOKE WHEN IT WAS TURNED ON. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TURNED THE OVEN OFF AND PULLED THE ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN MSP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OVEN AND THE SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER IT WAS REPLACED.