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Cabin attendant report, S80, dfw-mex. Smoke in cabin on climb out. Return to dfw. Prior APU oil burning logbook entry. Maintenance procedure. Switched planes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 491647 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200011 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d10.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 1.5 flight attendant time total : 4.5 flight attendant time type : 65 |
| ASRS Report | 491647 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab #1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out, I smelled something in the cabin. The cabin started to fill with a fog-like smoke. I walked through it to the front of the aircraft to evaluate just what it was. When I reached the front, I looked back into the cabin and saw that in fact it was smoke (fog). I went into the cockpit to tell the captain, and he informed me that he thought it was oil burning off the APU and that it had been written up before. We were going back to dfw and have it checked out. We didn't have to do an emergency checklist or prepare for an emergency evacuate/evacuation. We landed fine and proceeded on our flight with another aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, S80, DFW-MEX. SMOKE IN CABIN ON CLBOUT. RETURN TO DFW. PRIOR APU OIL BURNING LOGBOOK ENTRY. MAINT PROC. SWITCHED PLANES.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT, I SMELLED SOMETHING IN THE CABIN. THE CABIN STARTED TO FILL WITH A FOG-LIKE SMOKE. I WALKED THROUGH IT TO THE FRONT OF THE ACFT TO EVALUATE JUST WHAT IT WAS. WHEN I REACHED THE FRONT, I LOOKED BACK INTO THE CABIN AND SAW THAT IN FACT IT WAS SMOKE (FOG). I WENT INTO THE COCKPIT TO TELL THE CAPT, AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS OIL BURNING OFF THE APU AND THAT IT HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP BEFORE. WE WERE GOING BACK TO DFW AND HAVE IT CHKED OUT. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO AN EMER CHKLIST OR PREPARE FOR AN EMER EVAC. WE LANDED FINE AND PROCEEDED ON OUR FLT WITH ANOTHER ACFT.
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.