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MD80 flight crew experienced strong burning smell shortly after departure. An emergency was declared and flight returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 854638 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
On departure climbing through 2000 ft MSL; a very strong; hot; dry burning smell permeated the cockpit and the entire cabin. The forward and aft flight attendants advised that they smelled a very strong; hot; dry burning smell throughout the cabin. Both the first officer and I had the same smell in the cockpit. Because of the intensity of the fumes and the nature of the fumes (hot; dry burning smell); I felt the safest course of action was to return to land. An emergency was declared with ATC and a normal landing was made eight minutes later at a landing weight of 140;000 pounds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 flight crew experienced strong burning smell shortly after departure. An emergency was declared and flight returned to departure airport.
Narrative: On departure climbing through 2000 FT MSL; a very strong; hot; dry burning smell permeated the cockpit and the entire cabin. The forward and aft flight attendants advised that they smelled a very strong; hot; dry burning smell throughout the cabin. Both the First Officer and I had the same smell in the cockpit. Because of the intensity of the fumes and the nature of the fumes (hot; dry burning smell); I felt the safest course of action was to return to land. An emergency was declared with ATC and a normal landing was made eight minutes later at a landing weight of 140;000 LBS.
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.