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Flight crew of an large transport evacuate/evacuationed the aircraft at the gate due to smoke in the cabin from the air conditioning system.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 324919 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 324919 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ground evacuate/evacuation at gate. Found #2 air conditioning pack on at gate with both pack switches off. Maintenance pulled both pack fan circuit breakers and left the cockpit. Aircraft filled with smoke. Passenger were evacuate/evacuationed through the forward entry door. Crew turned APU and gasper off, smoke stopped.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LGT EVACED THE ACFT AT THE GATE DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS.
Narrative: GND EVAC AT GATE. FOUND #2 AIR CONDITIONING PACK ON AT GATE WITH BOTH PACK SWITCHES OFF. MAINT PULLED BOTH PACK FAN CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND LEFT THE COCKPIT. ACFT FILLED WITH SMOKE. PAX WERE EVACED THROUGH THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. CREW TURNED APU AND GASPER OFF, SMOKE STOPPED.
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.