Service difficulty report · Oven · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
December 6, 2014
Submitted
December 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N289AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1455
Aircraft time
4,913 hours, 799 cycles
Part
Oven
Part number
8803050000
Condition
Odor
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN-ROUTE, ON TAKEOFF 5 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SMELLED A RUBBERY ODOR IN REAR OF ACFT. ODOR DISAPPEARED AFTER TAKEOFF, BUT SEVERAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAD VARIOUS REACTIONS TO IT. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED EN ROUTE & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE ACFT & FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO BE FROM GALLEY 4 - 2, NR 1 OVEN. THE OVEN WAS PLACED ON MEL DEFERRAL & THE ACFT WAS FERRIED. REPLACED THE NR 1 OVEN IN THE MID GALLEY.

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