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Medium large transport makes precautionary landing when foul odor in cockpit and cabin. Passenger evacuate/evacuation on taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 195103 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199111 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lih |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 195013 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
En route to lih from hnl, noticed faint unusual odor in the cockpit like nail polish or acetone. Smell became stronger. As precautionary safety measure, first officer donned O2 mask while I called flight attendant to see if it smelled in the cabin. First flight attendant answered, said she'd be right in and came immediately into the cockpit. Determined source to be a man with a bottle of some kind of 'acrylic' told her to have him take it to the back of aircraft away from the passenger (28 passenger all seated in forward cabin). As a safety precaution, donned O2 mask, determined lih closest airport, notified center, lih ramp, and lih tower. After landing and clearing the runway, as a precautionary safety measure, had passenger deplane to remove them from the strong odor. After deplaning, 2 flight attendants and later 2 passenger reported feeling ill and taken to wilcox hospital. Bottle determined to contain 'acrylic, ester monomers dimethyl-P-toluidine, mehq.'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG MAKES PRECAUTIONARY LNDG WHEN FOUL ODOR IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. PAX EVAC ON TAXIWAY.
Narrative: ENRTE TO LIH FROM HNL, NOTICED FAINT UNUSUAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT LIKE NAIL POLISH OR ACETONE. SMELL BECAME STRONGER. AS PRECAUTIONARY SAFETY MEASURE, FO DONNED O2 MASK WHILE I CALLED FLT ATTENDANT TO SEE IF IT SMELLED IN THE CABIN. FIRST FLT ATTENDANT ANSWERED, SAID SHE'D BE RIGHT IN AND CAME IMMEDIATELY INTO THE COCKPIT. DETERMINED SOURCE TO BE A MAN WITH A BOTTLE OF SOME KIND OF 'ACRYLIC' TOLD HER TO HAVE HIM TAKE IT TO THE BACK OF ACFT AWAY FROM THE PAX (28 PAX ALL SEATED IN FORWARD CABIN). AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION, DONNED O2 MASK, DETERMINED LIH CLOSEST ARPT, NOTIFIED CENTER, LIH RAMP, AND LIH TWR. AFTER LNDG AND CLRING THE RWY, AS A PRECAUTIONARY SAFETY MEASURE, HAD PAX DEPLANE TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE STRONG ODOR. AFTER DEPLANING, 2 FLT ATTENDANTS AND LATER 2 PAX RPTED FEELING ILL AND TAKEN TO WILCOX HOSPITAL. BOTTLE DETERMINED TO CONTAIN 'ACRYLIC, ESTER MONOMERS DIMETHYL-P-TOLUIDINE, MEHQ.'
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.