<< >> NASA ASRS Report 791159, June 2008

EMB145 flight attendant reports intensifying fumes and strong odor near the rear of the aircraft. Flight crew declares an emergency; upon landing odor persisted resulting in a ground evacuation.

Attributes
ACN	791159
Time
Date	200806
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 18000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	791159
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	791160
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Flight was normal during the flight till descent to landing. The event occurred approximately descending through FL180. Flight attendant notified crew of smell in aft cabin. Captain instructed flight attendant to investigate. Flight attendant could smell odor from row 16 and back. She also notified us it was coming from behind row 18B and 18C. Accomplished cabin or cockpit smoke/fire/fumes memory items. Declared emergency with ATC and proceeded direct to airport. Began electrical system fire or smoke checklist to shed busses off due to time. Landed with no incident on runway xx from a visual approach. Asked crash fire rescue equipment to inspect airplane; which they complied. While crash fire rescue equipment was investigating; the flight attendant notified us the odor was intensifying in the cabin. Captain called for evacuate/evacuation of aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB145 FLT ATTENDANT REPORTS INTENSIFYING FUMES AND STRONG ODOR NEAR THE REAR OF THE ACFT. FLT CREW DECLARES AN EMERGENCY; UPON LANDING ODOR PERSISTED RESULTING IN A GROUND EVACUATION.

Narrative: FLT WAS NORMAL DURING THE FLT TILL DSCNT TO LNDG. THE EVENT OCCURRED APPROX DSNDING THROUGH FL180. FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED CREW OF SMELL IN AFT CABIN. CAPT INSTRUCTED FLT ATTENDANT TO INVESTIGATE. FLT ATTENDANT COULD SMELL ODOR FROM ROW 16 AND BACK. SHE ALSO NOTIFIED US IT WAS COMING FROM BEHIND ROW 18B AND 18C. ACCOMPLISHED CABIN OR COCKPIT SMOKE/FIRE/FUMES MEMORY ITEMS. DECLARED EMER WITH ATC AND PROCEEDED DIRECT TO ARPT. BEGAN ELECTRICAL SYS FIRE OR SMOKE CHKLIST TO SHED BUSSES OFF DUE TO TIME. LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT ON RWY XX FROM A VISUAL APCH. ASKED CFR TO INSPECT AIRPLANE; WHICH THEY COMPLIED. WHILE CFR WAS INVESTIGATING; THE FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED US THE ODOR WAS INTENSIFYING IN THE CABIN. CAPT CALLED FOR EVAC OF ACFT.

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.