Smoke from the galley oven.

Attributes
ACN	291417
Time
Date	199412
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
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
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	291417
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On taxi-out of lga flight attendant began preparing meals in forward galley oven. She reported smoke to me coming from oven. She removed meals and first officer used a 1 second shot of halon to secure oven. Found 2 coach beverage napkins in oven upon inspection back at gate. I believe they were stuck to meal rack during catering at lga. I believe flight attendant should inspect oven before introducing any heat source in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE FROM THE GALLEY OVEN.

Narrative: ON TAXI-OUT OF LGA FLT ATTENDANT BEGAN PREPARING MEALS IN FORWARD GALLEY OVEN. SHE RPTED SMOKE TO ME COMING FROM OVEN. SHE REMOVED MEALS AND FO USED A 1 SECOND SHOT OF HALON TO SECURE OVEN. FOUND 2 COACH BEVERAGE NAPKINS IN OVEN UPON INSPECTION BACK AT GATE. I BELIEVE THEY WERE STUCK TO MEAL RACK DURING CATERING AT LGA. I BELIEVE FLT ATTENDANT SHOULD INSPECT OVEN BEFORE INTRODUCING ANY HEAT SOURCE IN THE FUTURE.

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.