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An airbus 300-600 declared an emergency and returned to the field due to smoke warning light illuminated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 371969 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sju |
| State Reference | PR |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : sju enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 371969 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
We took off as normal. About 10 mins after takeoff, the captain came on PA to say that we would be landing immediately. We landed. During taxi to the gate the captain explained that they had a smoke warning light. The passenger deplaned at the gate in san juan as normal. We took a different aircraft to miami.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300-600 DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
Narrative: WE TOOK OFF AS NORMAL. ABOUT 10 MINS AFTER TKOF, THE CAPT CAME ON PA TO SAY THAT WE WOULD BE LNDG IMMEDIATELY. WE LANDED. DURING TAXI TO THE GATE THE CAPT EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD A SMOKE WARNING LIGHT. THE PAX DEPLANED AT THE GATE IN SAN JUAN AS NORMAL. WE TOOK A DIFFERENT ACFT TO MIAMI.
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.