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A320 was evacuate/evacuationed during boarding, while aircraft was parked at the gate. Dense, white smoke in cabin cleared when suspect APU was shut down.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pdx |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 7800 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 322507 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
10 mins prior to pushback, white dense smoke in cabin. Evacuate/evacuationed people out of doors 1L and 2L. Suspect APU. Shut APU down via evacuate/evacuation checklist and smoke cleared. No injuries or damage. Deployed 1 slide at door 2L.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 WAS EVACED DURING BOARDING, WHILE ACFT WAS PARKED AT THE GATE. DENSE, WHITE SMOKE IN CABIN CLRED WHEN SUSPECT APU WAS SHUT DOWN.
Narrative: 10 MINS PRIOR TO PUSHBACK, WHITE DENSE SMOKE IN CABIN. EVACED PEOPLE OUT OF DOORS 1L AND 2L. SUSPECT APU. SHUT APU DOWN VIA EVAC CHKLIST AND SMOKE CLRED. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. DEPLOYED 1 SLIDE AT DOOR 2L.
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.