Service difficulty report · Coffeemaker · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
August 31, 2003
Submitted
October 9, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23705
Part
Coffeemaker
Part number
500387D4
Condition
Odor
Location
Nr 2 Galley
Stage of operation
CR
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 CLT-MDT, CREW NOTED A HEAVY ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE FIRST CLASS CABIN. NO SMOKE WAS SEEN. SMOKE/FIRE PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PIT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 COFFEE MAKER IN THE FORWARD GALLEY WITH BURNED COFFEE FROM OVER BREWING. ALSO, FOUND BURNED FOOD ON OVEN HEATING ELEMENT. THE COFFEE MAKER WAS REPLACED AND THE OVEN CLEANED. THE ENGINES WERE RUN INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER, ISOLATING COMPONENTS DURING THE RUN. NO ODORS WERE NOTED. (M)

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