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A319 captain reports smoke in the cabin and cockpit shortly after landing causing the flight crew to shut down the engines and APU. Smoke dissipates and aircraft is towed to gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 779987 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Snow |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 779987 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Upon clearing runway; cockpit/cabin crew noticed dense smoke in aircraft. Immediately initiated ground evacuate/evacuation/notified emergency personnel/ground. Upon securing engines and APU; smoke dissipated. Emergency personnel arrived on scene and determined no fire existed. Passenger were asked to remain seated. Aircraft was towed to gate. Passenger deplaned without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 CAPT REPORTS SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT SHORTLY AFTER LANDING CAUSING THE FLT CREW TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES AND APU. SMOKE DISSIPATES AND ACFT IS TOWED TO GATE.
Narrative: UPON CLRING RWY; COCKPIT/CABIN CREW NOTICED DENSE SMOKE IN ACFT. IMMEDIATELY INITIATED GND EVAC/NOTIFIED EMER PERSONNEL/GND. UPON SECURING ENGS AND APU; SMOKE DISSIPATED. EMER PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DETERMINED NO FIRE EXISTED. PAX WERE ASKED TO REMAIN SEATED. ACFT WAS TOWED TO GATE. PAX DEPLANED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
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.