Smoke in cabin immediately after takeoff triggers emergency declaration and immediate overweight landing at departure airport.

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Attributes
ACN	744683
Time
Date	200707
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz.tower
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	744683
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 2
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Departed ZZZ at 500 ft; heard chimes in cabin; got call from flight attendants; smelled electrical smoke and saw faint smoke in upper cabin. Emergency declared; turned downwind; landed overweight; performed a little of QRH that time allowed. Completed before landing checklist; smoke dissipated; taxied to gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE IN CABIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF TRIGGERS EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND IMMEDIATE OVERWEIGHT LANDING AT DEP ARPT.

Narrative: DEPARTED ZZZ AT 500 FT; HEARD CHIMES IN CABIN; GOT CALL FROM FLT ATTENDANTS; SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND SAW FAINT SMOKE IN UPPER CABIN. EMER DECLARED; TURNED DOWNWIND; LANDED OVERWT; PERFORMED A LITTLE OF QRH THAT TIME ALLOWED. COMPLETED BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST; SMOKE DISSIPATED; TAXIED TO GATE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.