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Cabin attendant report, B767-200, sju-jfk. On taxi, takeoff and climb. Burning rubber fumes on right side of cabin. Return to sju. 4 hour maintenance delay.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 465806 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | PR |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial ground : takeoff roll ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 25 flight attendant time total : 25 flight attendant time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 465806 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe cabin event other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The captain had just advised us 'ready for takeoff' and just as we were making the right turn to enter the runway for takeoff, flight attendant #4 detected a burning rubber odor. She sat at xa. I sat in xb. As the takeoff roll began, I began to smell the odor. Flight attendant #6 called flight attendant #1 to report the odor. It slowly dissipated. It was only on the right side of the cabin. A few mins later it returned. We searched for the source to no avail. It was decided to return to sju to have aircraft inspected. After 4 hours of searching, repressurizing the cabin and inspection, the aircraft was deemed safe to continue. I believe the odor probably originated outside the aircraft from an aircraft that was taxiing/taking off in front of us. What became unexplainable was why the odor returned. Could we have entered the same airspace as the previous aircraft and taken on the odor a second time? We were also operating under 1 air pack which could be why we only smelled it on the right side.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, B767-200, SJU-JFK. ON TAXI, TKOF AND CLB. BURNING RUBBER FUMES ON R SIDE OF CABIN. RETURN TO SJU. 4 HR MAINT DELAY.
Narrative: THE CAPT HAD JUST ADVISED US 'READY FOR TKOF' AND JUST AS WE WERE MAKING THE R TURN TO ENTER THE RWY FOR TKOF, FLT ATTENDANT #4 DETECTED A BURNING RUBBER ODOR. SHE SAT AT XA. I SAT IN XB. AS THE TKOF ROLL BEGAN, I BEGAN TO SMELL THE ODOR. FLT ATTENDANT #6 CALLED FLT ATTENDANT #1 TO RPT THE ODOR. IT SLOWLY DISSIPATED. IT WAS ONLY ON THE R SIDE OF THE CABIN. A FEW MINS LATER IT RETURNED. WE SEARCHED FOR THE SOURCE TO NO AVAIL. IT WAS DECIDED TO RETURN TO SJU TO HAVE ACFT INSPECTED. AFTER 4 HRS OF SEARCHING, REPRESSURIZING THE CABIN AND INSPECTION, THE ACFT WAS DEEMED SAFE TO CONTINUE. I BELIEVE THE ODOR PROBABLY ORIGINATED OUTSIDE THE ACFT FROM AN ACFT THAT WAS TAXIING/TAKING OFF IN FRONT OF US. WHAT BECAME UNEXPLAINABLE WAS WHY THE ODOR RETURNED. COULD WE HAVE ENTERED THE SAME AIRSPACE AS THE PREVIOUS ACFT AND TAKEN ON THE ODOR A SECOND TIME? WE WERE ALSO OPERATING UNDER 1 AIR PACK WHICH COULD BE WHY WE ONLY SMELLED IT ON THE R SIDE.
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.