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A320 aircraft. Flight crew heard and felt loud thump and the master caution light came on indicating cargo door unsafe. Shortly thereafter strong fumes were noticed throughout the cabin. Flight crew declared emergency, received vectors back to departure airport to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357477 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : msp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 23060 flight time type : 2710 |
| ASRS Report | 357477 |
| 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 flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out from msp heard and felt a loud thump as if we had hit something. About 10 seconds later master caution illuminated and ECAM door page came up showing forward cargo door in unsafe condition. Shortly after began to get strong unidentifiable fumes in aircraft. Asked for and received a leveloff clearance and vectors back for possible ILS. Called lead flight attendant to brief situation and other forward flight attendant complained about her eyes and sinuses burning from fumes. Declared an emergency, returned to msp where we were refueled and rereleased to our original destination after maintenance MEL'ed the cargo door indication and couldn't find any reason for fumes. (Aircraft had not been deiced, at least for this flight.) fumes came back on landing at destination though not as strong in msp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 ACFT. FLC HEARD AND FELT LOUD THUMP AND THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING CARGO DOOR UNSAFE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER STRONG FUMES WERE NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE CABIN. FLC DECLARED EMER, RECEIVED VECTORS BACK TO DEP ARPT TO LAND.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT FROM MSP HEARD AND FELT A LOUD THUMP AS IF WE HAD HIT SOMETHING. ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED AND ECAM DOOR PAGE CAME UP SHOWING FORWARD CARGO DOOR IN UNSAFE CONDITION. SHORTLY AFTER BEGAN TO GET STRONG UNIDENTIFIABLE FUMES IN ACFT. ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED A LEVELOFF CLRNC AND VECTORS BACK FOR POSSIBLE ILS. CALLED LEAD FLT ATTENDANT TO BRIEF SIT AND OTHER FORWARD FLT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED ABOUT HER EYES AND SINUSES BURNING FROM FUMES. DECLARED AN EMER, RETURNED TO MSP WHERE WE WERE REFUELED AND RERELEASED TO OUR ORIGINAL DEST AFTER MAINT MEL'ED THE CARGO DOOR INDICATION AND COULDN'T FIND ANY REASON FOR FUMES. (ACFT HAD NOT BEEN DEICED, AT LEAST FOR THIS FLT.) FUMES CAME BACK ON LNDG AT DEST THOUGH NOT AS STRONG IN MSP.
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.