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Flight attendant on B737 reports smoke emanating from overhead bins. Flight crew instructs to use fire extinguishing techniques. Unpwr cabin lighting to prevent recurrence and continue to destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 631665 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zab.artcc |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zab.artcc tower : hou.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 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 : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 631665 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15500 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 631665 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Flight attendant contacted cockpit with smoke in cabin from overhead seats 18, 19 abc. PIC sent jumpseat pilot back to evaluate. Flight attendant called back and stated smoke stopped after halon was used. PIC contacted maintenance control and was advised to pull breakers to isolate circuit. QRH was followed and flight continued to iah. Supplemental information from acn 631663: I called maintenance ctrl and they told me to pull the lighting circuit breakers (6 in all). We continued on to iah uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT ON B737 RPTS SMOKE EMANATING FROM OVERHEAD BINS. FLT CREW INSTRUCTS TO USE FIRE EXTINGUISHING TECHNIQUES. UNPWR CABIN LIGHTING TO PREVENT RECURRENCE AND CONTINUE TO DEST.
Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT CONTACTED COCKPIT WITH SMOKE IN CABIN FROM OVERHEAD SEATS 18, 19 ABC. PIC SENT JUMPSEAT PLT BACK TO EVALUATE. FLT ATTENDANT CALLED BACK AND STATED SMOKE STOPPED AFTER HALON WAS USED. PIC CONTACTED MAINT CTL AND WAS ADVISED TO PULL BREAKERS TO ISOLATE CIRCUIT. QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND FLT CONTINUED TO IAH. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 631663: I CALLED MAINT CTRL AND THEY TOLD ME TO PULL THE LIGHTING CIRCUIT BREAKERS (6 IN ALL). WE CONTINUED ON TO IAH UNEVENTFULLY.
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.