Service difficulty report · Oven · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
October 7, 2011
Submitted
October 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N285AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1100
Aircraft time
7,069 hours, 967 cycles
Part
Oven
Condition
Overheated
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

PHL- OVEN NR 1 4-2 BECAME VERY HOT. CABINETS ABOVE AND WALL BESIDE OVEN BECAME SO HOT THEY WERE TO HOT TO TOUCH. ODOR OF MELTING PLASTIC IN AREA MOST LIKELY FROM WALL COVERING PULLED CB DISCONTIUED USING. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE OVEN AND PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL TEST.

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