Service difficulty report · Oven · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
September 26, 2000
Submitted
December 20, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N387US
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
22959
Part
Oven
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Galley
Part time
3,950 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

SAV - FLT 1975 - EN ROUTE FROM CLT TO MBJ, A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE FORWARD GALLEY OVEN. CREW SHUTOFF GALLEY POWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO SAV. SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL HAD DISSIPATED AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF GALLEY POWER BEING SHUT OFF. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A PIECE OF BURNT PLASTIC INSIDE THE FORWARD GALLEY OVEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD GALLEY OVEN. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. (M)

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