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Faced with a report of an electrical smell in the cabin the flight crew of a B737-300 found shortcomings and ambiguities in the format of their associated QRH checklists.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 942029 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201104 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Microphone |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 121 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 158 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
During this flight; we received word from the head flight attendant that she and several passengers had detected a burning electrical smell in the mid-cabin area. My first officer and I referred to the QRH aircraft smoke/fumes removal checklist and thence to the cabin/lavatory fire checklist. We decided that the checklist cabin/lavatory fire checklist was more appropriate since we suspected the problem to be a gasper fan or pack.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Faced with a report of an electrical smell in the cabin the flight crew of a B737-300 found shortcomings and ambiguities in the format of their associated QRH checklists.
Narrative: During this flight; we received word from the head Flight Attendant that she and several passengers had detected a burning electrical smell in the mid-cabin area. My First Officer and I referred to the QRH Aircraft Smoke/Fumes Removal Checklist and thence to the Cabin/Lavatory Fire Checklist. We decided that the checklist Cabin/Lavatory Fire Checklist was more appropriate since we suspected the problem to be a gasper fan or pack.
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.