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A landing S80 on short final experiences smoke emanating from the aft galley waste bin. The crew declares an emergency which was determined quickly to be a false alarm.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 428577 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 17l |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | fss specialist : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 428577 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 428576 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event : galley fire other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Dfw tower, short final runway 17L dfw. I am captain flying. At approximately 400 ft, flight attendant notified us that there appeared to be a fire in the aft galley waste bin. I told the flight attendant to pull the bin out and fire a halon bottle into it. The first officer called the tower and requested crash fire rescue equipment. Just prior to touchdown we were told that we had a false alarm. The first officer told the tower to cancel crash fire rescue equipment. Evaporating dry ice caused the smoke. Supplemental information from acn 428576: the captain asked if there was smoke visible, to which the flight attendant responded yes. Approximately 100 ft AGL the flight attendants told us everything was ok -- it was a false alarm. The flight attendants had mistaken the vapor from sublimating dry ice for smoke from a fire. A pouch of dry ice in the garbage bin was the culprit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A LNDG S80 ON SHORT FINAL EXPERIENCES SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE AFT GALLEY WASTE BIN. THE CREW DECLARES AN EMER WHICH WAS DETERMINED QUICKLY TO BE A FALSE ALARM.
Narrative: DFW TWR, SHORT FINAL RWY 17L DFW. I AM CAPT FLYING. AT APPROX 400 FT, FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED US THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE A FIRE IN THE AFT GALLEY WASTE BIN. I TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANT TO PULL THE BIN OUT AND FIRE A HALON BOTTLE INTO IT. THE FO CALLED THE TWR AND REQUESTED CFR. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD A FALSE ALARM. THE FO TOLD THE TWR TO CANCEL CFR. EVAPORATING DRY ICE CAUSED THE SMOKE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 428576: THE CAPT ASKED IF THERE WAS SMOKE VISIBLE, TO WHICH THE FLT ATTENDANT RESPONDED YES. APPROX 100 FT AGL THE FLT ATTENDANTS TOLD US EVERYTHING WAS OK -- IT WAS A FALSE ALARM. THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD MISTAKEN THE VAPOR FROM SUBLIMATING DRY ICE FOR SMOKE FROM A FIRE. A POUCH OF DRY ICE IN THE GARBAGE BIN WAS THE CULPRIT.
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.