<< >> NASA ASRS Report 417613, October 1998

Flight attendant report regarding smoke in cabin just after takeoff. Cockpit informed and aircraft returned to departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	417613
Time
Date	199810
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	417613
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	418351
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Right after takeoff, smoke filled cabin. It was a cloudy gray type of smoke, which seemed to originate from the middle of the coach cabin, but quickly spread throughout the cabins. Cockpit was notified and no fire was found. Returned to dfw with no further incident. Smoke seemed to diminish upon landing in dfw.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING SMOKE IN CABIN JUST AFTER TKOF. COCKPIT INFORMED AND ACFT RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.

Narrative: RIGHT AFTER TKOF, SMOKE FILLED CABIN. IT WAS A CLOUDY GRAY TYPE OF SMOKE, WHICH SEEMED TO ORIGINATE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE COACH CABIN, BUT QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CABINS. COCKPIT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO FIRE WAS FOUND. RETURNED TO DFW WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. SMOKE SEEMED TO DIMINISH UPON LNDG IN DFW.

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.