<< >> NASA ASRS Report 336454, May 1996

Company mechanic warned flight crew of smoke coming from the forward baggage compartment resulting in the remaining passenger being deplaned and the fire department putting out the smoldering piece of cargo.

Attributes
ACN	336454
Time
Date	199605
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mbj
State Reference	FO
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	336454
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 other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Smoke/fire in forward cargo. Location: parked at gate at mbj. After parking at gate, mechanic came up to inform us of smoke coming from forward cargo compartment. Engineer and I went out to look and I saw a large quantity of smoke coming from forward compartment. I returned immediately to aircraft and we quickly exited passenger left on plane through forward entry. Fire crews arrived quickly and sprayed foam and water into forward cargo and pulled out an igloo like ice chest that was source of smoke. No injuries and plane did not sustain damage according to maintenance in mbj.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMPANY MECH WARNED FLC OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT RESULTING IN THE REMAINING PAX BEING DEPLANED AND THE FIRE DEPT PUTTING OUT THE SMOLDERING PIECE OF CARGO.

Narrative: SMOKE/FIRE IN FORWARD CARGO. LOCATION: PARKED AT GATE AT MBJ. AFTER PARKING AT GATE, MECH CAME UP TO INFORM US OF SMOKE COMING FROM FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT. ENGINEER AND I WENT OUT TO LOOK AND I SAW A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMOKE COMING FROM FORWARD COMPARTMENT. I RETURNED IMMEDIATELY TO ACFT AND WE QUICKLY EXITED PAX LEFT ON PLANE THROUGH FORWARD ENTRY. FIRE CREWS ARRIVED QUICKLY AND SPRAYED FOAM AND WATER INTO FORWARD CARGO AND PULLED OUT AN IGLOO LIKE ICE CHEST THAT WAS SOURCE OF SMOKE. NO INJURIES AND PLANE DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE ACCORDING TO MAINT IN MBJ.

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.