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A320 crew experienced a 'smoke aft cargo' warning during initial climb out. Returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 502518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp.airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : m98.tracon tower : msp.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 23500 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 502518 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7800 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 502515 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : aft cargo-smoke/fire detector |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On initial climb out from msp, 'smoke aft cargo,' message with associated warnings illuminated. ECAM/cockpit operating manual procedures complied with. Emergency was declared and return to msp initiated. Arff inspected aircraft. Advised flight crew of no smoke/fire detected or observed. Aircraft proceeded to gate for further inspection/investigation. Flight crew was advised another A320 the night before had a similar incident. These false smoke warnings may be a problem with the A320 fleetwise, and incidents should be tracked.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 CREW EXPERIENCED A 'SMOKE AFT CARGO' WARNING DURING INITIAL CLBOUT. RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: ON INITIAL CLBOUT FROM MSP, 'SMOKE AFT CARGO,' MESSAGE WITH ASSOCIATED WARNINGS ILLUMINATED. ECAM/COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL PROCS COMPLIED WITH. EMER WAS DECLARED AND RETURN TO MSP INITIATED. ARFF INSPECTED ACFT. ADVISED FLC OF NO SMOKE/FIRE DETECTED OR OBSERVED. ACFT PROCEEDED TO GATE FOR FURTHER INSPECTION/INVESTIGATION. FLC WAS ADVISED ANOTHER A320 THE NIGHT BEFORE HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT. THESE FALSE SMOKE WARNINGS MAY BE A PROB WITH THE A320 FLEETWISE, AND INCIDENTS SHOULD BE TRACKED.
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.