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A300 flight crew reported receiving a cargo smoke indication during pushback possibly due to deice fluid in the APU intake.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1616078 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
After extensive deicing to remove ice buildup from the airplane we waited three minutes to open the bleed air supply. As we were about to start the number two motor we got an aft cargo smoke warning. I asked the first officer (first officer) to check and see if there was evidence of smoke in the rear of the aircraft. He stated there was a fog/mist in the air in the fuselage of the aircraft. We ask the tug driver to tow us back into the chocks and asked ground control to send [ground personnel] to check out the smoke. The APU was running when we deiced and I believe the requirement for extensive deicing caused an accumulation of the deice fluid in the APU intake. Training the deice crew to avoid the APU intake. Knowing the amount of deice fluid applied to the airplane we could've waited longer than 3 minutes to open the bleed valves.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 flight crew reported receiving a cargo smoke indication during pushback possibly due to deice fluid in the APU intake.
Narrative: After extensive deicing to remove ice buildup from the airplane we waited three minutes to open the bleed air supply. As we were about to start the number two motor we got an aft cargo smoke warning. I asked the FO (First Officer) to check and see if there was evidence of smoke in the rear of the aircraft. He stated there was a fog/mist in the air in the fuselage of the aircraft. We ask the tug driver to tow us back into the chocks and asked ground control to send [ground personnel] to check out the smoke. The APU was running when we deiced and I believe the requirement for extensive deicing caused an accumulation of the deice fluid in the APU intake. Training the deice crew to avoid the APU intake. Knowing the amount of deice fluid applied to the airplane we could've waited longer than 3 minutes to open the bleed valves.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.