After an md-80 departs the cabin fills with smoke. The flight crew declared an emergency and returne...

Attributes
ACN	819013
Time
Date	200901
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	APU
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current Flight Attendant 4
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 16 Flight Attendant Total 16 Flight Attendant Type 98
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

After takeoff; cabin filled with smoke; smell of burning rubber. I immediately called the captain and notified him of smell/smoke. Other flight attendants were also on interphone. Smoke did not dissipate until we were landing. Flight canceled until maintenance could determine cause. Maintenance said it smelled like burning oil. Captain called in an emergency landing; though crew was not briefed to make emergency landing PA. All was well with passengers and crew; besides smell and smoke in cabin. Later told it was oil on APU(?). Next day we flew out on aircraft. After takeoff; slight smell of the same (burn-off?) but no smoke. Smell dissipated within 5 minutes after takeoff. Crew and cockpit reacted well and calm during incident. Passengers were all calm. I was later told they were dependent on crew reaction. I did not feel alarmed. Felt secure with captain's decisions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After an MD-80 departs the cabin fills with smoke. The flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land. Maintenance determined APU oil caused the smoke.

Narrative: After takeoff; cabin filled with smoke; smell of burning rubber. I immediately called the Captain and notified him of smell/smoke. Other Flight Attendants were also on interphone. Smoke did not dissipate until we were landing. Flight canceled until Maintenance could determine cause. Maintenance said it smelled like burning oil. Captain called in an emergency landing; though crew was not briefed to make emergency landing PA. All was well with passengers and crew; besides smell and smoke in cabin. Later told it was oil on APU(?). Next day we flew out on aircraft. After takeoff; slight smell of the same (burn-off?) but no smoke. Smell dissipated within 5 minutes after takeoff. Crew and cockpit reacted well and calm during incident. Passengers were all calm. I was later told they were dependent on crew reaction. I did not feel alarmed. Felt secure with Captain's decisions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

After an md-80 departs the cabin fills with smoke. The flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land. Maintenance determined APU oil caused the smoke.