Smoke smelled in rear of air carrier medium large transport. Emergency declared and aircraft return ...

Attributes
ACN	361110
Time
Date	199702
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 3600
ASRS Report	361110
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Climb out of atl runway 26L, first officer flying. At 8000 ft rear flight attendant called on interphone and reported smelling smoke. Declared emergency -- returned to atl, first officer flew, captain did checklists and communication with flight attendant on interphone. Smoke smell subsided on approach, landed runway 26L in atl, taxied clear of runway and stopped on taxiway. First officer went to rear of cabin to assess smoke smell level. Found or smelled no smoke. Emergency equipment called off and taxied to gate. Passenger deplaned via front cabin door. No evacuate/evacuation. At no time did pilots see or smell smoke or feel aircraft was in imminent danger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE SMELLED IN REAR OF ACR MLG. EMER DECLARED AND ACFT RETURN LAND AT ATL.

Narrative: CLB OUT OF ATL RWY 26L, FO FLYING. AT 8000 FT REAR FLT ATTENDANT CALLED ON INTERPHONE AND RPTED SMELLING SMOKE. DECLARED EMER -- RETURNED TO ATL, FO FLEW, CAPT DID CHKLISTS AND COM WITH FLT ATTENDANT ON INTERPHONE. SMOKE SMELL SUBSIDED ON APCH, LANDED RWY 26L IN ATL, TAXIED CLR OF RWY AND STOPPED ON TXWY. FO WENT TO REAR OF CABIN TO ASSESS SMOKE SMELL LEVEL. FOUND OR SMELLED NO SMOKE. EMER EQUIP CALLED OFF AND TAXIED TO GATE. PAX DEPLANED VIA FRONT CABIN DOOR. NO EVAC. AT NO TIME DID PLTS SEE OR SMELL SMOKE OR FEEL ACFT WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER.

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.

Smoke smelled in rear of air carrier medium large transport. Emergency declared and aircraft return land at atl.