<< >> NASA ASRS Report 428217, February 1999

Flight attendants reported strong burning odor, possibly smoke, in cabin. Flight crew declared emergency and landed at the nearest airport.

Attributes
ACN	428217
Time
Date	199902
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl bound upper : 34000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc tracon : zzz.tracon tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	428217
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 8200 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	428462
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : cab
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Flight attendants reported odor in aft cabin. Could not locate source of odor. Declared emergency. Landed at nearest suitable airport without further incident. Supplemental information from acn 428305: strong burning odor in main rear cabin, possible smoke.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED STRONG BURNING ODOR, POSSIBLY SMOKE, IN CABIN. FLC DECLARED EMER AND LANDED AT THE NEAREST ARPT.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED ODOR IN AFT CABIN. COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF ODOR. DECLARED EMER. LANDED AT NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 428305: STRONG BURNING ODOR IN MAIN REAR CABIN, POSSIBLE SMOKE.

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.