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Burning odor; smoke and haze in cabin drive decision for MD80 to return to departure airport. Maintenance determined that a bird strike/ingestion on the inbound flight was possibly responsible.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 782342 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200803 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 10 flight attendant time total : 10 flight attendant time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 782342 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Toxic smell like burning toast/popcorn upon takeoff climb. Aft flight attendants called me; smell was throughout entire cabin. I notified cockpit who were unaware of any problem. I stressed the severity of the situation. Pilots agreed to turn back. I walked to the back; checked cabin for fire/smoke and conversed with aft flight attendants. Light smoke haze in cabin. Returned to jumpseat for emergency landing heavy of fuel. Mechanics said the burning eyes; throats; headache sounded like hydraulic leak. Found out later; there was a bird strike on this aircraft landing the previous night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BURNING ODOR; SMOKE AND HAZE IN CABIN DRIVE DECISION FOR MD80 TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT A BIRD STRIKE/INGESTION ON THE INBOUND FLT WAS POSSIBLY RESPONSIBLE.
Narrative: TOXIC SMELL LIKE BURNING TOAST/POPCORN UPON TKOF CLB. AFT FLT ATTENDANTS CALLED ME; SMELL WAS THROUGHOUT ENTIRE CABIN. I NOTIFIED COCKPIT WHO WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROB. I STRESSED THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION. PLTS AGREED TO TURN BACK. I WALKED TO THE BACK; CHKED CABIN FOR FIRE/SMOKE AND CONVERSED WITH AFT FLT ATTENDANTS. LIGHT SMOKE HAZE IN CABIN. RETURNED TO JUMPSEAT FOR EMER LNDG HVY OF FUEL. MECHS SAID THE BURNING EYES; THROATS; HEADACHE SOUNDED LIKE HYD LEAK. FOUND OUT LATER; THERE WAS A BIRD STRIKE ON THIS ACFT LNDG THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
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.