Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 31, 2011
Submitted
January 26, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N659UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27114
Aircraft time
83,026 hours, 13,316 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Galley Cart
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

THERE WAS SMOKE, SPARKS AND SMALL FLAMES COMING OUT OF AFT GALLEY CART CONTROLLERS PANELS. ALL AFT GALLEY CART CONTROLLER POWER CIRCUIT BREAKERS ON AFT GALLEY POWER DISTRIBUTION WERE PULLED, POWER TO CART CONTROLLERS WERE REMOVED. CREW NOTICED DAMAGE ON PIGTAIL CART LOCATION 508 ALSO. REPORTED BY FLIGHT CREW. FOUND CART CONTROLLER N62 WITH EVIDENCE OF SMOKE, ALSO FOUND BURNT PIN ON PIGTAIL P62. REPLACED CART CONTROLLER AND PIGTAIL. ACP TEST WITH CART AND CART CONTROL TESTER, ALL CHECKS OK. NO OTHER DAMAGE.