An md-82 pack overheated during taxi-in and filled the cabin with smoke; so the crew declared an eme...

Attributes
ACN	1024371
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air Conditioning and Pressurization Pack
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Departed from gate with a completely full aircraft. Taxied south on taxiway K for runway 36R departure. As soon as we turned onto B we were chimed from the cabin and received a report of smoke in the cabin. I pulled the aircraft onto the ramp area of the a terminal and stopped. I had the first officer opened the door to see the situation. He reported significant smoke. I decided the best action was to make an expedited taxi back to a gate to get the people off while requesting the emergency equipment. We did declare an emergency. I wanted to try to get to a gate as it was 100 deg OAT and an evacuation had it's own hazards. We turned the packs off which did stop the smoke from getting worse. We reached a gate very quickly and deplaned the people without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-82 pack overheated during taxi-in and filled the cabin with smoke; so the crew declared an emergency and returned to the gate where passengers were removed on the jetway.

Narrative: Departed from gate with a completely full aircraft. Taxied south on Taxiway K for Runway 36R departure. As soon as we turned onto B we were chimed from the cabin and received a report of smoke in the cabin. I pulled the aircraft onto the ramp area of the a terminal and stopped. I had the First Officer opened the door to see the situation. He reported significant smoke. I decided the best action was to make an expedited taxi back to a gate to get the people off while requesting the emergency equipment. We did declare an emergency. I wanted to try to get to a gate as it was 100 Deg OAT and an evacuation had it's own hazards. We turned the packs off which did stop the smoke from getting worse. We reached a gate very quickly and deplaned the people without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

An md-82 pack overheated during taxi-in and filled the cabin with smoke; so the crew declared an emergency and returned to the gate where passengers were removed on the jetway.