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Flight crew of medium large transport declares an emergency and diverts to land due to smoke in the passenger cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 282014 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199408 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other 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 : 90 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 282014 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Flight attendant reported bad smell in forward cabin. Followed 2 mins later by smoke in forward cabin. Pilots donned oxygen masks declared an emergency, asked ATC for nearest airport. Philadelphia. ATC gave us normal descent and vectors to philadelphia. Smoke continued in cabin until landing. Never had smoke in cockpit. After landing unable to start APU due to low battery voltage, 8 volts -- shut down engines on taxiway. Towed to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF MLG DECLARES AN EMER AND DIVERTS TO LAND DUE TO SMOKE IN THE PAX CABIN.
Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT RPTED BAD SMELL IN FORWARD CABIN. FOLLOWED 2 MINS LATER BY SMOKE IN FORWARD CABIN. PLTS DONNED OXYGEN MASKS DECLARED AN EMER, ASKED ATC FOR NEAREST ARPT. PHILADELPHIA. ATC GAVE US NORMAL DSCNT AND VECTORS TO PHILADELPHIA. SMOKE CONTINUED IN CABIN UNTIL LNDG. NEVER HAD SMOKE IN COCKPIT. AFTER LNDG UNABLE TO START APU DUE TO LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE, 8 VOLTS -- SHUT DOWN ENGS ON TXWY. TOWED TO GATE.
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.