<< >> NASA ASRS Report 785432, May 2008

A B737 ng flight crew experienced a burning smell shortly after takeoff. They declared an emergency and returned to land at their departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	785432
Time
Date	200805
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	785432
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On takeoff at about rotation; noticed noxious burning smell. Called flight attendants and asked if ovens were on and informed they were not and nothing in the galley was on. Flight attendants confirmed same odor in the cabin. After flaps up and initial turn on course was called by flight attendants that odor was getting worse and passenger were complaining. Turned off recirculation fans. Climbing through 10000 ft and odor not dissipating made decision to declare emergency and return immediately for landing. After landing and odor now dissipating and crash fire rescue equipment confirms no external abnormalities; taxied to gate and deplaned passenger.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 NG FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A BURNING SMELL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO LAND AT THEIR DEP ARPT.

Narrative: ON TKOF AT ABOUT ROTATION; NOTICED NOXIOUS BURNING SMELL. CALLED FLT ATTENDANTS AND ASKED IF OVENS WERE ON AND INFORMED THEY WERE NOT AND NOTHING IN THE GALLEY WAS ON. FLT ATTENDANTS CONFIRMED SAME ODOR IN THE CABIN. AFTER FLAPS UP AND INITIAL TURN ON COURSE WAS CALLED BY FLT ATTENDANTS THAT ODOR WAS GETTING WORSE AND PAX WERE COMPLAINING. TURNED OFF RECIRCULATION FANS. CLBING THROUGH 10000 FT AND ODOR NOT DISSIPATING MADE DECISION TO DECLARE EMER AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOR LNDG. AFTER LNDG AND ODOR NOW DISSIPATING AND CFR CONFIRMS NO EXTERNAL ABNORMALITIES; TAXIED TO GATE AND DEPLANED PAX.

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.