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Company mechanic warned flight crew of smoke coming from the forward baggage compartment resulting in the remaining passenger being deplaned and the fire department putting out the smoldering piece of cargo.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336454 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mbj |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 336454 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Smoke/fire in forward cargo. Location: parked at gate at mbj. After parking at gate, mechanic came up to inform us of smoke coming from forward cargo compartment. Engineer and I went out to look and I saw a large quantity of smoke coming from forward compartment. I returned immediately to aircraft and we quickly exited passenger left on plane through forward entry. Fire crews arrived quickly and sprayed foam and water into forward cargo and pulled out an igloo like ice chest that was source of smoke. No injuries and plane did not sustain damage according to maintenance in mbj.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMPANY MECH WARNED FLC OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT RESULTING IN THE REMAINING PAX BEING DEPLANED AND THE FIRE DEPT PUTTING OUT THE SMOLDERING PIECE OF CARGO.
Narrative: SMOKE/FIRE IN FORWARD CARGO. LOCATION: PARKED AT GATE AT MBJ. AFTER PARKING AT GATE, MECH CAME UP TO INFORM US OF SMOKE COMING FROM FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT. ENGINEER AND I WENT OUT TO LOOK AND I SAW A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMOKE COMING FROM FORWARD COMPARTMENT. I RETURNED IMMEDIATELY TO ACFT AND WE QUICKLY EXITED PAX LEFT ON PLANE THROUGH FORWARD ENTRY. FIRE CREWS ARRIVED QUICKLY AND SPRAYED FOAM AND WATER INTO FORWARD CARGO AND PULLED OUT AN IGLOO LIKE ICE CHEST THAT WAS SOURCE OF SMOKE. NO INJURIES AND PLANE DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE ACCORDING TO MAINT IN MBJ.
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.