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Flight crew of an medium large transport returned to land after an unidented smoke odor was smelled in the mid-cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 294179 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199501 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hsv |
| State Reference | AL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mex |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zme |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 294179 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During climb out, approximately 15,000 flight attendant entered cockpit and advised captain of an odor in the mid-cabin area. First officer was sent to mid-cabin and confirmed odor but could not identify it. Captain went to mid-cabin and confirmed same. Decision made to land as soon as possible. Advised ATC. WX and distance to memphis made return to huntsville the best choice. Advised ATC, flight attendants, passenger and atl (home office). Performed appropriate manual procedures en route. Landed hsv approximately 20 min later. Ground emergency equipment confirmed no smoke or abnormalities. Taxied to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG RETURNED TO LAND AFTER AN UNIDENTED SMOKE ODOR WAS SMELLED IN THE MID-CABIN.
Narrative: DURING CLBOUT, APPROX 15,000 FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED COCKPIT AND ADVISED CAPT OF AN ODOR IN THE MID-CABIN AREA. FO WAS SENT TO MID-CABIN AND CONFIRMED ODOR BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY IT. CAPT WENT TO MID-CABIN AND CONFIRMED SAME. DECISION MADE TO LAND ASAP. ADVISED ATC. WX AND DISTANCE TO MEMPHIS MADE RETURN TO HUNTSVILLE THE BEST CHOICE. ADVISED ATC, FLT ATTENDANTS, PAX AND ATL (HOME OFFICE). PERFORMED APPROPRIATE MANUAL PROCS ENRTE. LANDED HSV APPROX 20 MIN LATER. GND EMER EQUIP CONFIRMED NO SMOKE OR ABNORMALITIES. TAXIED TO GATE.
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.