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En route trans-oceanic flight, galley fire, extinguished with halon. All associated circuit breakers pulled and aircraft continued to destination. Cause -- faulty circuit breaker.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rjtg |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute : pacific enroute airway : rjtg |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 178 flight time total : 6600 flight time type : 366 |
| ASRS Report | 322800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 23400 flight time type : 12500 |
| ASRS Report | 322533 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Galley fire, caused by electrical fault, due to circuit breaker failure. Smoke, flames in galley, extinguished by halon extinguisher. Discovered by chief purser/cabin crew. As PF, I monitored aircraft and prepared for a possible diversion, obtained WX and located nearest suitable airport. Notified company. Assisted captain and flight engineer with appropriate checklist. Situation resolved, continued flight to singapore.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ENRTE TRANS-OCEANIC FLT, GALLEY FIRE, EXTINGUISHED WITH HALON. ALL ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS PULLED AND ACFT CONTINUED TO DEST. CAUSE -- FAULTY CIRCUIT BREAKER.
Narrative: GALLEY FIRE, CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL FAULT, DUE TO CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILURE. SMOKE, FLAMES IN GALLEY, EXTINGUISHED BY HALON EXTINGUISHER. DISCOVERED BY CHIEF PURSER/CABIN CREW. AS PF, I MONITORED ACFT AND PREPARED FOR A POSSIBLE DIVERSION, OBTAINED WX AND LOCATED NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. NOTIFIED COMPANY. ASSISTED CAPT AND FE WITH APPROPRIATE CHKLIST. SIT RESOLVED, CONTINUED FLT TO SINGAPORE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.