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Flight crew of air carrier medium large transport aircraft experienced smoke in the cabin during taxi, takeoff and initial climb out resulting in a return to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 234962 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sfo tower : sfo |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial landing other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 234962 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After starting the APU on the ground, cabin smoke developed. APU was shut down and maintenance called. APU was placarded inoperative. The plane was released for flight. After takeoff during climb out a flight attendant notified there was smoke in the cabin. I leveled off at 5000 ft and ATC was notified of the problem. Requested to come back to sfo for landing immediately. During descent, after the packs had been turned off, flight attendant advised that smoke was clearing. We proceeded to land without any problem. The landing checklist was completed normally. After clearing the active runway the flight attendant advised there was no smoke left and no need to evacuate/evacuation the airplane. We went to the gate and deplaned the passenger without further incident. At no point during the incident was there any smoke or odor in the cockpit. ATC vectored us back to the final approach quickly. We were on the ground in 2-3 mins. The smoke was minimal and dissipated quickly. An emergency was not declared.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF ACR MLG ACFT EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN DURING TAXI, TKOF AND INITIAL CLBOUT RESULTING IN A RETURN TO LAND.
Narrative: AFTER STARTING THE APU ON THE GND, CABIN SMOKE DEVELOPED. APU WAS SHUT DOWN AND MAINT CALLED. APU WAS PLACARDED INOP. THE PLANE WAS RELEASED FOR FLT. AFTER TKOF DURING CLB OUT A FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE CABIN. I LEVELED OFF AT 5000 FT AND ATC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROB. REQUESTED TO COME BACK TO SFO FOR LNDG IMMEDIATELY. DURING DSCNT, AFTER THE PACKS HAD BEEN TURNED OFF, FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THAT SMOKE WAS CLRING. WE PROCEEDED TO LAND WITHOUT ANY PROB. THE LNDG CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED NORMALLY. AFTER CLRING THE ACTIVE RWY THE FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THERE WAS NO SMOKE LEFT AND NO NEED TO EVAC THE AIRPLANE. WE WENT TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED THE PAX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AT NO POINT DURING THE INCIDENT WAS THERE ANY SMOKE OR ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. ATC VECTORED US BACK TO THE FINAL APCH QUICKLY. WE WERE ON THE GND IN 2-3 MINS. THE SMOKE WAS MINIMAL AND DISSIPATED QUICKLY. AN EMER WAS NOT DECLARED.
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.