Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
April 29, 2011
Submitted
May 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N208JQ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000257
Aircraft time
5,719 hours, 4,455 cycles
Part
Coffeemaker
Condition
Odor
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT, PASSING THROUGH 20,000 FEET, F/A CALLED FLIGHT DECK REPORTING A SMOKY ODOR IN THE AFT GALLEY. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SMOKE. LEVELED OFF AT FL240, DIVERTED. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. WHILE STARTING DESCENT, F/A REPORTED THE ODOR HAD DISSIPATED AND THE SOURCE APPEARED TO BE THE AFT COFFEEMAKER WHICH WAS SPILLING COFFEE ONTO THE HOT BURNER PLATE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX RAN BOTH ENGINES WITH APU BLEED OFF AND BOTH PACKS RUNNING TO TAKEOFF POWER AND BACK TO IDLE, THEN ISOLATED THE ENGINE BLEEDS AND RAN PACKS WITH APU BLEED ON FOR 20 MINUTES. NO ODOR NOTED, PLACED COFFEEMAKER ON NEF. THE NEF WAS CLEARED THAT NIGHT WITH AN OPS CHECK GOOD.

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