Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 2, 2012
Submitted
February 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N776UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26937
Aircraft time
64,950 hours, 11,611 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Oven
Condition
Overheated
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

F/A SMELLS BURNING ELEC SMELL IN FWD GALLEY OPS ALL GALLEY USERS. OPENED ALL FIRST CLASS GALLEY CEILING PANELS AND INSPECTED AREA ABOVE, NO SMELLS OR HOT UNITS FOUND IN ENTIRE AREA. RMV'D CONTENTS OF WARMING OVENS, NO ODOR DETECTED. FOUND OVEN R11 OVERHEATING, RMV'D OVEN INSPECTED PLUG AND WIRING IN AREA, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. REPLACED OVEN R11 AND OPERATED FOR 20 MINUTES, ALL OPS NORMAL.