Smoke in cabin. Return land. Probable smoke in cockpit.

Attributes
ACN	139014
Time
Date	199003
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	139014
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff strong smoke and fumes reported in cockpit. Declared emergency and departure switched to us to tower and we completed an uneventful landing. Departure control and tower were very helpful. Firemen helped air crew inspect exterior and interior. The problem appeared to be from dirty packs. I believe there should be more frequent preventative maintenance on the air conditioning system.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE IN CABIN. RETURN LAND. PROBABLE SMOKE IN COCKPIT.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF STRONG SMOKE AND FUMES RPTED IN COCKPIT. DECLARED EMER AND DEP SWITCHED TO US TO TWR AND WE COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. DEP CTL AND TWR WERE VERY HELPFUL. FIREMEN HELPED AIR CREW INSPECT EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. THE PROB APPEARED TO BE FROM DIRTY PACKS. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE MORE FREQUENT PREVENTATIVE MAINT ON THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS.

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.