B737-300 crew had smoke fire from forward galley oven in ZAU class east airspace.

Attributes
ACN	532768
Time
Date	200112
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : c90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	532768
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

On climb out from chicago, we smelled smoke. The purser called and told us that the forward oven was smoking badly. She said that she would call us right back. After about 1 min she called back and said that she had put the fire/smoke out using the halon extinguisher and that it was simply a piece of cardboard smoldering on top of the oven insert. Power was removed from the galley per checklist and the galley remained off for the rest of the flight. Normal landing in msy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CREW HAD SMOKE FIRE FROM FORWARD GALLEY OVEN IN ZAU CLASS E AIRSPACE.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT FROM CHICAGO, WE SMELLED SMOKE. THE PURSER CALLED AND TOLD US THAT THE FORWARD OVEN WAS SMOKING BADLY. SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD CALL US RIGHT BACK. AFTER ABOUT 1 MIN SHE CALLED BACK AND SAID THAT SHE HAD PUT THE FIRE/SMOKE OUT USING THE HALON EXTINGUISHER AND THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A PIECE OF CARDBOARD SMOLDERING ON TOP OF THE OVEN INSERT. PWR WAS REMOVED FROM THE GALLEY PER CHKLIST AND THE GALLEY REMAINED OFF FOR THE REST OF THE FLT. NORMAL LNDG IN MSY.

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.