Service difficulty report · Electrical Sys · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
February 25, 2008
Submitted
January 7, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N662US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
23720
Aircraft time
79,756 hours, 10,232 cycles
Part
Electrical Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AFTER TAKE OFF NR 2 MAIN TANK FORWARD PUMP MSG AND LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY RT UTILITY BUS LIGHT AND MSG. PERFORMED FUEL PUMP PROCEDURE AS PER COM FIRST AND COMPLIED. THEN PERFORMED RT UTILITY PROCEDURE AS PER COM AND COORDINATED WITH PURSER. HER REPORT WAS ACRID ODOR AND FUZZY VISIBILITY BUT NO FIRE WAS VISIBLE. ODOR WAS REPORTED AT BOTH ENDS OF THE CABIN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN IMMEDIATE UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE BACK AT NRT. MX R&R CONTROL UNIT BUS, BOOST FUEL PUMP, LOAD CONTROL UNIT, EPESC ENHANCED PASSENGER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, RELAY R50 AND CB C401, OVEN CONTROLLER AND NEED TO REPLACE 2 OVEN RELAYS AND OVEN. ALSO INSPECTED OVEN AND COFFEE CONNECTORS, FEEDER LINES AND CONNECTORS, UTILITY POWER, RECIRCULATION FANS, GALLEY ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION, FORWARD AND AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT CEILING AREAS AND FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES. EVERYTHING CHECKED FINE. GALLEY UNIT 1 OVEN CONTAMINATED WITH BURNT FOOD RESIDUE AND EMITTING A STRONG ODOR WHEN HEATED. OVEN IS TO BE REPLACED. PULLED AND COLLARED OVEN CB. ACFT CHECKED GOOD AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.