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A B767-300 cabin attendant reports flight crew advising cabin crew of smoke and smell of burning wires in cockpit. No smell or smoke detected in cabin. Power to galley busses turned off.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 607946 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200402 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic |
| 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 : 22 flight attendant time total : 22 flight attendant time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 607946 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The cockpit called and asked if there was smoke or smell of fire, burning wires in galley or cabin area. We replied no. Pilot came out of cockpit to verify request. He then told us of what happened in cockpit. There was smoke and smell of burning wires in the cockpit. We also suspected something when the galley power was turned off along with the entertainment system and power ports. After conferring with the #1, captain made PA and the #8 made PA in spanish. Trip proceeded without further incident and the captain opted to keep the electrical system he turned off -- off until arrival.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS FLT CREW ADVISING CABIN CREW OF SMOKE AND SMELL OF BURNING WIRES IN COCKPIT. NO SMELL OR SMOKE DETECTED IN CABIN. PWR TO GALLEY BUSSES TURNED OFF.
Narrative: THE COCKPIT CALLED AND ASKED IF THERE WAS SMOKE OR SMELL OF FIRE, BURNING WIRES IN GALLEY OR CABIN AREA. WE REPLIED NO. PLT CAME OUT OF COCKPIT TO VERIFY REQUEST. HE THEN TOLD US OF WHAT HAPPENED IN COCKPIT. THERE WAS SMOKE AND SMELL OF BURNING WIRES IN THE COCKPIT. WE ALSO SUSPECTED SOMETHING WHEN THE GALLEY PWR WAS TURNED OFF ALONG WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT SYS AND PWR PORTS. AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE #1, CAPT MADE PA AND THE #8 MADE PA IN SPANISH. TRIP PROCEEDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND THE CAPT OPTED TO KEEP THE ELECTRICAL SYS HE TURNED OFF -- OFF UNTIL ARR.
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.