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A dc-9 returned to the departure airport after declaring an emergency due to smoke in the cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 916394 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-83 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
While climbing through 5;000 ft our lead flight attendant called up and stated that smoke was accumulating in the aft portion of the cabin with one lavatory alarm sounding. I heard the word smoke and declared an emergency and was given an immediate clearance for a visual approach. I asked for the fire trucks to follow. I also informed tower that we had no evidence of fire; smoke only in the cabin. Checklists were accomplished with the assistance of the flight attendants. A quick announcement was made by them to passengers; a call was made to company and then we landed without incident. After clearing the runway; we came to a stop and I communicated to the fire chief through headset hookup and informed him we had no evidence of smoke or fire on board. I asked him to make a walk around and his crew completed that whereupon I told him we would taxi to the gate under own power.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC-9 returned to the departure airport after declaring an emergency due to smoke in the cabin.
Narrative: While climbing through 5;000 FT our lead Flight Attendant called up and stated that smoke was accumulating in the aft portion of the cabin with one lavatory alarm sounding. I heard the word smoke and declared an emergency and was given an immediate clearance for a visual approach. I asked for the fire trucks to follow. I also informed Tower that we had no evidence of fire; smoke only in the cabin. Checklists were accomplished with the assistance of the Flight Attendants. A quick announcement was made by them to passengers; a call was made to company and then we landed without incident. After clearing the runway; we came to a stop and I communicated to the Fire Chief through headset hookup and informed him we had no evidence of smoke or fire on board. I asked him to make a walk around and his crew completed that whereupon I told him we would taxi to the gate under own power.
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.