An A319 flight crew declared and emergency and returned to their departure airport when a flight att...

Attributes
ACN	1032392
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air Conditioning and Pressurization Pack
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Conflict Airborne Conflict Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

During our initial climb the captain and I noticed a strange sound. Shortly thereafter; a flight attendant called the cockpit to complain about smoke in the cabin. While the captain was speaking with the flight attendant; we received a TA about VFR traffic as we were leveling off at 11;000. (A distraction since it was 500 ft above us and the aircraft was telling us to 'adjust vertical speed') and determined at the same time that we needed to declare an emergency and return to the airport to land on runway 19L. I prepared the FMS while the captain flew the aircraft to an uneventful landing. After landing; we had a pack overheat ECAM and I performed the actions requested by the ECAM. Fire rescue personnel inspected the exterior of the aircraft and noted nothing unusual. We then taxied to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 flight crew declared and emergency and returned to their departure airport when a Flight Attendant reported smoke in the cabin shortly after takeoff.

Narrative: During our initial climb the Captain and I noticed a strange sound. Shortly thereafter; a Flight Attendant called the cockpit to complain about smoke in the cabin. While the Captain was speaking with the Flight Attendant; we received a TA about VFR traffic as we were leveling off at 11;000. (A distraction since it was 500 FT above us and the aircraft was telling us to 'adjust vertical speed') and determined at the same time that we needed to declare an emergency and return to the airport to land on Runway 19L. I prepared the FMS while the Captain flew the aircraft to an uneventful landing. After landing; we had a PACK OVERHEAT ECAM and I performed the actions requested by the ECAM. Fire rescue personnel inspected the exterior of the aircraft and noted nothing unusual. We then taxied to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

An A319 flight crew declared and emergency and returned to their departure airport when a flight attendant reported smoke in the cabin shortly after takeoff.