Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
January 3, 2009
Submitted
January 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N502US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
23191
Part
Oven
Part serial
708
Condition
Smoke
Location
Galley
Part time
631 hours, 230 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

THE CTR OVEN IN THE FWD GALLEY STARTED TO SMOKE, IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANY PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED. THE FLIGHT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN MSP WHERE MAINTENANCE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FOOD, GREASE OR FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THE OVEN. THE FAN BEARING WAS SUSPECT AND THE OVEN WAS DEFERRED TO MEL AND LATER REPLACED. SYS OPS WERE NORMAL AFTER THE OVEN WAS REPLACED. (K)