Service difficulty report · Hot Jug · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
January 3, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N358RZ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B358
Part
Hot Jug
Part number
1012030
Condition
Defective
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B, W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT 7821 MAF/DFW, PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE INFLIGHT NOXIOUS FUMES WERE SMELLED IN THE GALLEY AREA, NO VISIBLE SMOKE OBSERVED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE ON THE NR 2 HOT JUG HAD MELTED AND THAT THE PROBLEM STEMMED FROM AN ATR HOT JUG BEING INCORRECTLY INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE HOT JUG WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND MEL NR 010031 WAS ISSUED FOR THAT ITEM. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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