Narrative:

We departed lga for pbi on schedule. Upon rotation, the captain and I smelled a burning smell. Shortly thereafter, the flight attendants reported smoke in the cabin. So we elected to return back to the field as soon as possible! We were only airborne for 6 mins. Smoke began to dissipate on final and was gone upon landing, so we taxied to the gate and switched airplanes. We used good CRM techniques. Captain was in constant contact with flight attendants and I flew the airplane and talked to ATC. We never declared an emergency but asked for priority handling. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated this aircraft had a log report on the previous flight of a possible bird ingestion in the engines. The reporter said it was not clear what action maintenance took to clear the report. The reporter stated the cause of the smoke and smell was the bird or birds ingested into the pneumatic and air conditioning system.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 ON INITIAL CLB AT 400 FT AGL REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING FOR A RETURN TO THE FIELD DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN CAUSED BY ENG BIRD INGESTION.

Narrative: WE DEPARTED LGA FOR PBI ON SCHEDULE. UPON ROTATION, THE CAPT AND I SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. SO WE ELECTED TO RETURN BACK TO THE FIELD ASAP! WE WERE ONLY AIRBORNE FOR 6 MINS. SMOKE BEGAN TO DISSIPATE ON FINAL AND WAS GONE UPON LNDG, SO WE TAXIED TO THE GATE AND SWITCHED AIRPLANES. WE USED GOOD CRM TECHNIQUES. CAPT WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH FLT ATTENDANTS AND I FLEW THE AIRPLANE AND TALKED TO ATC. WE NEVER DECLARED AN EMER BUT ASKED FOR PRIORITY HANDLING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THIS ACFT HAD A LOG RPT ON THE PREVIOUS FLT OF A POSSIBLE BIRD INGESTION IN THE ENGS. THE RPTR SAID IT WAS NOT CLR WHAT ACTION MAINT TOOK TO CLR THE RPT. THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND SMELL WAS THE BIRD OR BIRDS INGESTED INTO THE PNEUMATIC AND AIR CONDITIONING SYS.

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.