Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
July 16, 2009
Submitted
July 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
26477
Aircraft time
47,534 hours, 6,053 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT OVEN 2-46 OVERHEATED AND STARTED TO SMOKE, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT KIND OF PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURE WAS TAKEN. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO MNL AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OFFENDING OVEN AND THE SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER REPLACEMENT.