Service difficulty report · Microwave Oven · Bombdr BD1001A10

Difficulty date
March 10, 2025
Submitted
March 14, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N338JE
Make and model
Bombdr BD1001A10
Aircraft serial
20091
Aircraft time
7,564 hours, 4,717 cycles
Part
Microwave Oven
Part number
400133802LN
Part serial
221034146
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Zone 900
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN CABIN DURING CLIMBOUT. MX C/A: MICROWAVE REMOVED AND INSPECTED, FOUND THE CANNON CONNECTOR LOOSE. NO ARCING FOUND ON CANNON CONNECTOR ON THE AIRFRAME SIDE OF THE GALLEY OR THE MICROWAVE. MICROWAVE FAILED OPERATIONAL TEST. REMOVED MICROWAVE PN 400-1338-02-L-N SN 22-10-34146 AND INSTALLED A CUSTOMER SUPPLIED "REPAIRED" MICROWAVE PN 400-1338-02-L-N SN 22-12-34653. WORK WAS PERFORMED IAW SMM 25-30-03 AND CMM 25-30-43. OPERATIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT CREW JOINED US AND RAN THE ENGINES AND APU BLEED SOURCES INDEPENDENTLY AND VERIFIED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, AND NO SMOKE WAS BEING GENERATED.