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Super 80 flight crew has smoke in lav. All possible checks accomplished with no result. Emergency declared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 341154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdv |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 341154 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 341153 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At FL310 during cruise flight attendant called and said she smelled a burning odor in the aft lavs. First officer went back to verify the odor. Pulled both aft lav water heater circuit breakers. No change. Pulled recirculating fan circuit breaker. No change pulled flush motor circuit breaker. No change. Smell got worse and first officer saw smoke in the right aft lav. We diverted into den and declared an emergency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SUPER 80 FLC HAS SMOKE IN LAV. ALL POSSIBLE CHKS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO RESULT. EMER DECLARED.
Narrative: AT FL310 DURING CRUISE FLT ATTENDANT CALLED AND SAID SHE SMELLED A BURNING ODOR IN THE AFT LAVS. FO WENT BACK TO VERIFY THE ODOR. PULLED BOTH AFT LAV WATER HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKERS. NO CHANGE. PULLED RECIRCULATING FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER. NO CHANGE PULLED FLUSH MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER. NO CHANGE. SMELL GOT WORSE AND FO SAW SMOKE IN THE R AFT LAV. WE DIVERTED INTO DEN AND DECLARED AN EMER.
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.