<< >> NASA ASRS Report 488610, October 2000

Cabin attendant report, B757, dfw-dca. Takeoff and climb, burning electrical smell, turned electrical power off. Return to dfw. Determined to be laptop power-ports burnout.

Attributes
ACN	488610
Time
Date	200010
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : d10.tracon
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d10.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial landing other
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 : 11 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 25
ASRS Report	488610
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : cab #1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to alternate other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On climb out, a burning electrical smell was detected. The captain turned off all electrical power to the cabin. We returned to dfw. It was later determined that the laptop power-ports had burned out.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, B757, DFW-DCA. TKOF AND CLB, BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL, TURNED ELECTRICAL PWR OFF. RETURN TO DFW. DETERMINED TO BE LAPTOP PWR-PORTS BURNOUT.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT, A BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS DETECTED. THE CAPT TURNED OFF ALL ELECTRICAL PWR TO THE CABIN. WE RETURNED TO DFW. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE LAPTOP PWR-PORTS HAD BURNED OUT.

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.