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B757 flight diverts to an alternate airport when flight crew notes smoke in aircraft and an engine vibration indicator confirming mid cabin vibration report from flight attendant. Flight diverts to ind, in.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 620933 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zid.artcc |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm Turbulence Rain |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zid.artcc tower : dtw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 19400 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 620933 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng vibration gauge other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : cab 3 |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Environmental Factor Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Level at FL350. Smelled smoke in cockpit. Flight attendant reported the smell of smoke in the back. We had an engine vibration gauge go into the amber range, flight attendant reported vibration at mid cabin. We diverted to ind. While being vectored for approach, we had a lightning strike. We also wrote up overweight landing. (Landing was uneventful.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLT DIVERTS TO AN ALTERNATE ARPT WHEN FLT CREW NOTES SMOKE IN ACFT AND AN ENG VIBRATION INDICATOR CONFIRMING MID CABIN VIBRATION RPT FROM FLT ATTENDANT. FLT DIVERTS TO IND, IN.
Narrative: LEVEL AT FL350. SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THE SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE BACK. WE HAD AN ENG VIBRATION GAUGE GO INTO THE AMBER RANGE, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED VIBRATION AT MID CABIN. WE DIVERTED TO IND. WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR APCH, WE HAD A LIGHTNING STRIKE. WE ALSO WROTE UP OVERWT LNDG. (LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL.)
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.