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ATR42 crew returned to airport after having smoke in the cabin. Had difficulty operating communication system after landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 441080 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 9500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 42 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 441080 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 400 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 441081 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : separated traffic flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Flight attendant smelled smoke in the cabin and notified the captain. He returned from the cabin and instructed me to return immediately to new york (jfk). I began an immediate turn back to ny and started a descent. We notified departure of our actions and they vectored us back to kennedy. Supplemental information from acn 441081: when we removed the oxygen masks to use regular microphone, we could not. The activation of the quick donning masks deactivates the regular mikes. This appears to be a bad design for the ATR.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATR42 CREW RETURNED TO ARPT AFTER HAVING SMOKE IN THE CABIN. HAD DIFFICULTY OPERATING COM SYS AFTER LNDG.
Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT SMELLED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND NOTIFIED THE CAPT. HE RETURNED FROM THE CABIN AND INSTRUCTED ME TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY TO NEW YORK (JFK). I BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE TURN BACK TO NY AND STARTED A DSCNT. WE NOTIFIED DEP OF OUR ACTIONS AND THEY VECTORED US BACK TO KENNEDY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 441081: WHEN WE REMOVED THE OXYGEN MASKS TO USE REGULAR MIKE, WE COULD NOT. THE ACTIVATION OF THE QUICK DONNING MASKS DEACTIVATES THE REGULAR MIKES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A BAD DESIGN FOR THE ATR.
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.