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A B737-800 on climb out at 2500 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to smoke in cabin and cockpit cause unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 491242 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200011 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure sid : atl 4 dept |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 491242 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out, smoke in cabin and cockpit. Declared emergency. Returned to atl. Odor was the smell of burning plastic. Flight attendants and passenger also smelled smoke. Smoky haze remained in forward lavatory area after landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-800 ON CLBOUT AT 2500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT, SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. DECLARED EMER. RETURNED TO ATL. ODOR WAS THE SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC. FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX ALSO SMELLED SMOKE. SMOKY HAZE REMAINED IN FORWARD LAVATORY AREA AFTER LNDG.
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.