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MD88 was returning to land as a result of smoke in the cockpit and cabin. While intercepting the localizer the flight crew received a TCASII RA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322428 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| 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 : 14000 |
| ASRS Report | 322428 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 322426 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We took off from atl en route to gso. On climb out the lead flight attendant called us on the cabin interphone and advised us that the smoke alarms were going off in the rear lavatories and there was a strong odor in the cabin. We went through the abnormal procedures and asked for a clearance back to atl. ZTL handed us off to atl approach control. We did not declare an emergency but we wanted to land in atl. We were being vectored for an ILS runway 26R approach and cleared to 6000 ft and to intercept runway 26R localizer. Inbound on the runway 26R localizer at 6000 ft, approximately 15 mi east of the atl airport, there was heavy voice traffic and blocked xmissions. We received a TCASII advisory and then a resolution of 'descend, crossing, descend.' we both saw the conflicting traffic at 1 O'clock turning in front of us and descending. Radio xmissions were being blocked and we took evasive action turning right and descending. Finally approach control got in touch with us and told us to maintain visual separation then to maintain 5000 ft and turn right to 180 degrees for vectors back to runway 26R ILS for an uneventful landing. Supplemental information from acn 322426: at 15 mi, other aircraft was vectored from base to final on an intercept course with our aircraft. Aircraft in area were on several different frequencys and transmission congestion precluded ATC from issuing instructions to us. Callback conversation with reporter of acn 322426 revealed the following information: the TCASII RA traffic (at the same altitude and approximately 500 ft horizontally) was on another frequency. Flight crew had traffic in sight and maneuvered to avoid the traffic. Reporter states that smoke in the cockpit and cabin was entering through the air-conditioning system, but cause of smoke is unknown.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD88 WAS RETURNING TO LAND AS A RESULT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. WHILE INTERCEPTING THE LOC THE FLC RECEIVED A TCASII RA.
Narrative: WE TOOK OFF FROM ATL ENRTE TO GSO. ON CLBOUT THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT CALLED US ON THE CABIN INTERPHONE AND ADVISED US THAT THE SMOKE ALARMS WERE GOING OFF IN THE REAR LAVATORIES AND THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR IN THE CABIN. WE WENT THROUGH THE ABNORMAL PROCS AND ASKED FOR A CLRNC BACK TO ATL. ZTL HANDED US OFF TO ATL APCH CTL. WE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER BUT WE WANTED TO LAND IN ATL. WE WERE BEING VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 26R APCH AND CLRED TO 6000 FT AND TO INTERCEPT RWY 26R LOC. INBOUND ON THE RWY 26R LOC AT 6000 FT, APPROX 15 MI E OF THE ATL ARPT, THERE WAS HVY VOICE TFC AND BLOCKED XMISSIONS. WE RECEIVED A TCASII ADVISORY AND THEN A RESOLUTION OF 'DSND, XING, DSND.' WE BOTH SAW THE CONFLICTING TFC AT 1 O'CLOCK TURNING IN FRONT OF US AND DSNDING. RADIO XMISSIONS WERE BEING BLOCKED AND WE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TURNING R AND DSNDING. FINALLY APCH CTL GOT IN TOUCH WITH US AND TOLD US TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION THEN TO MAINTAIN 5000 FT AND TURN R TO 180 DEGS FOR VECTORS BACK TO RWY 26R ILS FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 322426: AT 15 MI, OTHER ACFT WAS VECTORED FROM BASE TO FINAL ON AN INTERCEPT COURSE WITH OUR ACFT. ACFT IN AREA WERE ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FREQS AND XMISSION CONGESTION PRECLUDED ATC FROM ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO US. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR OF ACN 322426 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE TCASII RA TFC (AT THE SAME ALT AND APPROX 500 FT HORIZLY) WAS ON ANOTHER FREQ. FLC HAD TFC IN SIGHT AND MANEUVERED TO AVOID THE TFC. RPTR STATES THAT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN WAS ENTERING THROUGH THE AIR-CONDITIONING SYS, BUT CAUSE OF SMOKE IS UNKNOWN.
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.