A commuter aircraft developed a strong burning smell during taxi for takeoff so the aircraft was shu...

Attributes
ACN	967429
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

On taxi out to the runway the flight attendant called the flight deck and said she smelled smoke in the cabin. As soon as she called us we both noticed a strong burning also. We notified ground and they called the fire department. The captain put on the parking brake and shut down the engines. We opened the cabin door and waited for the fire trucks. They checked the interior and the exterior and found no signs of anything. After that maintenance came on board and after finding nothing also from his inspection we started the #2 engine and taxied back to the gate. No cause has shown up so far. Our response was shut down the engines and evacuate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A commuter aircraft developed a strong burning smell during taxi for takeoff so the aircraft was shut down; evacuated; then inspected by ARFF and Maintenance but the smoke's source was not found.

Narrative: On taxi out to the runway the Flight Attendant called the flight deck and said she smelled smoke in the cabin. As soon as she called us we both noticed a strong burning also. We notified Ground and they called the Fire Department. The Captain put on the parking brake and shut down the engines. We opened the cabin door and waited for the fire trucks. They checked the interior and the exterior and found no signs of anything. After that Maintenance came on board and after finding nothing also from his inspection we started the #2 engine and taxied back to the gate. No cause has shown up so far. Our response was shut down the engines and evacuate.

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.

A commuter aircraft developed a strong burning smell during taxi for takeoff so the aircraft was shut down; evacuated; then inspected by arff and maintenance but the smoke's source was not found.