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An air carrier pilot reported a leaking coffee pot caused a burning smell.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1713572 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Galley Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
After the coffee pot leaked; a flight attendant reported a burning like smell from around the forward oven. No smoke or fumes. Smell stopped after they turned the oven off. We were about 15 to 20 minutes from descent. During a bathroom break both me and the first officer did not smell or see anything wrong. No circuit breakers popped either. Since there was no smoke or fumes; the odor stopped; and we were a few minutes from descent I elected to continue with a normal descent and landing. I concluded it was most likely due to the excessive leak from the coffee maker. I contacted dispatch with a message in the air; and once parked I wrote the oven smell up in the maintenance log to have maintenance do an inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier pilot reported a leaking coffee pot caused a burning smell.
Narrative: After the coffee pot leaked; a Flight Attendant reported a burning like smell from around the forward oven. No smoke or fumes. Smell stopped after they turned the oven off. We were about 15 to 20 minutes from descent. During a bathroom break both me and the First Officer did not smell or see anything wrong. No circuit breakers popped either. Since there was no smoke or fumes; the odor stopped; and we were a few minutes from descent I elected to continue with a normal descent and landing. I concluded it was most likely due to the excessive leak from the coffee maker. I contacted dispatch with a message in the air; and once parked I wrote the oven smell up in the Maintenance log to have Maintenance do an inspection.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.