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Smoke in cabin of medium large transport aircraft in cruise at FL330. Flight returned to rno and landed. Aircraft repaired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 120329 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198908 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rno |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 120329 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Smoke coming from overhead in cabin left side row 16. Smoke alarm going off in left rear blue room. We were 115 or so mi east of rno. Received radar vector back to rno. Made overweight landing (500 pounds over) in rno. Company found the problem. Maintenance put an MEL on the lights that were affected and we continued on.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMOKE IN CABIN OF MLG ACFT IN CRUISE AT FL330. FLT RETURNED TO RNO AND LANDED. ACFT REPAIRED.
Narrative: SMOKE COMING FROM OVERHEAD IN CABIN LEFT SIDE ROW 16. SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF IN LEFT REAR BLUE ROOM. WE WERE 115 OR SO MI E OF RNO. RECEIVED RADAR VECTOR BACK TO RNO. MADE OVERWEIGHT LNDG (500 LBS OVER) IN RNO. COMPANY FOUND THE PROBLEM. MAINT PUT AN MEL ON THE LIGHTS THAT WERE AFFECTED AND WE CONTINUED ON.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.