<< >> NASA ASRS Report 768534, January 2008

B767 relief pilot reports fumes and smoke from passenger seat control panel. Electrical power is removed and halon extinguisher used. Aircraft lands uneventfully.

Attributes
ACN	768534
Time
Date	200801
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 30000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival star : n/s
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : relief pilot
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	768534
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

As flying first officer was coming back into cockpit; the purser asked me to go to business and smell the air. It smelled like hot electrical wires. As I was going back to the cockpit; a flight attendant came up and said seat xx was smoking a little bit. I told the captain and he secured the cabin electrics. I went back and saw that the seat control panel had a small melted area with smoke. I went back to the cockpit while the flight attendant sprayed halon on the control panel. Ran the appropriate checklists; and contacted dispatch and maintenance. The flight attendants reported the fire contained and we made a normal approach with equipment standing by. After landing; we taxied to the gate where fire and maintenance were waiting.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 RELIEF PLT RPTS FUMES AND SMOKE FROM PAX SEAT CTL PANEL. ELECTRICAL POWER IS REMOVED AND HALON EXTINGUISHER USED. ACFT LANDS UNEVENTFULLY.

Narrative: AS FLYING FO WAS COMING BACK INTO COCKPIT; THE PURSER ASKED ME TO GO TO BUSINESS AND SMELL THE AIR. IT SMELLED LIKE HOT ELECTRICAL WIRES. AS I WAS GOING BACK TO THE COCKPIT; A FLT ATTENDANT CAME UP AND SAID SEAT XX WAS SMOKING A LITTLE BIT. I TOLD THE CAPT AND HE SECURED THE CABIN ELECTRICS. I WENT BACK AND SAW THAT THE SEAT CONTROL PANEL HAD A SMALL MELTED AREA WITH SMOKE. I WENT BACK TO THE COCKPIT WHILE THE FLT ATTENDANT SPRAYED HALON ON THE CONTROL PANEL. RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS; AND CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED THE FIRE CONTAINED AND WE MADE A NORMAL APCH WITH EQUIPMENT STANDING BY. AFTER LNDG; WE TAXIED TO THE GATE WHERE FIRE AND MAINT WERE WAITING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.