Air carrier large widebody transport aircraft aborted takeoff when the cockpit and cabin filled with smoke, resulting evacuate/evacuation of the aircraft on the taxiway.

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Attributes
ACN	207044
Time
Date	199204
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	207044
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	207409
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Thrust applied for takeoff (runway 10L sfo). By approximately 50 KTS, aborted takeoff account smoke in cockpit and smoke alarms in lavatories and crew bunk room. While discussing situation with flight attendants over interphone, captain parks aircraft on nearest taxiway off 10L. With reports from flight attendants of increasing cabin smoke, captain elects to evacuate/evacuation aircraft. Evacuate/evacuation proceeded very well and flight attendants did excellent job. Ground support was excellent. No visible damage to aircraft other than smoke saturation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LARGE WDB ACFT ABORTED TKOF WHEN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE, RESULTING EVAC OF THE ACFT ON THE TAXIWAY.

Narrative: THRUST APPLIED FOR TKOF (RWY 10L SFO). BY APPROX 50 KTS, ABORTED TKOF ACCOUNT SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND SMOKE ALARMS IN LAVATORIES AND CREW BUNK ROOM. WHILE DISCUSSING SITUATION WITH FLT ATTENDANTS OVER INTERPHONE, CAPT PARKS ACFT ON NEAREST TAXIWAY OFF 10L. WITH RPTS FROM FLT ATTENDANTS OF INCREASING CABIN SMOKE, CAPT ELECTS TO EVAC ACFT. EVAC PROCEEDED VERY WELL AND FLT ATTENDANTS DID EXCELLENT JOB. GND SUPPORT WAS EXCELLENT. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO ACFT OTHER THAN SMOKE SATURATION.

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