Service difficulty report · Heater · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
July 12, 2023
Submitted
July 12, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287NV
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
4508
Aircraft time
41,316 hours, 26,783 cycles
Part
Heater
Part number
24E507009G03
Part serial
N2008726
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(EMERGENCY DECLARED) AT CRUISE AFT FA NOTED LAV G WAS VERY HOT INSIDE SINK AREA WAS VERY HOT TO TOUCH. CABINET BELOW SINK WAS OPENED AND VERY STRONG ELEC BURN SMELL OCUED + CONTINUED ALL THE WAY UNTIL LANDING. FA TOUCHED THE WATER HEATER AND WAS EXTREMELY HOT GALLEY WALL NEXT TO LAV WAS VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH. AFTER LANDING FIREMAN RECORDER 130 ON TH HOT WATER TEMP + 108 ON THE COLD TEMP. FOR REFE, OTHER LAV SHOWED 80 ON THE HOT WATER. REMOVED AND REPLACED HOT WATER HEATER IN AFT LAV G IAW AMM 38-12-16-000-001-A OPS CHECK GOOD THIS CLEARS MEL 38-10-01A DMI 108557 MX PROCEDURES REVERSED AND INOP PLACARDS REMOVED.

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