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Medium large transport evacuate/evacuationed while on taxiway due to loud noise and smoke entering cockpit and cabin during short final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 527629 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sdf.airport |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sdf.tower tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 1300 |
| ASRS Report | 527629 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cockpit/cabin smoke other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At 500 ft AGL, loud noise detected in cockpit and cabin. After landing, smoke entered cabin and cockpit. Emergency evacuate/evacuation was commanded while on taxiway. 48 passenger and 5 crew evacuate/evacuationed successfully. Cause of smoke not known. Suspect air conditioning pack(south).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG EVACED WHILE ON TXWY DUE TO LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE ENTERING COCKPIT AND CABIN DURING SHORT FINAL.
Narrative: AT 500 FT AGL, LOUD NOISE DETECTED IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. AFTER LNDG, SMOKE ENTERED CABIN AND COCKPIT. EMER EVAC WAS COMMANDED WHILE ON TXWY. 48 PAX AND 5 CREW EVACED SUCCESSFULLY. CAUSE OF SMOKE NOT KNOWN. SUSPECT AIR CONDITIONING PACK(S).
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.