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An air carrier medium large transport flight crew had an oil fume odor enter the aircraft during initial climb. The crew declared an emergency and returned to the airport. This was the second oil fume problem for this aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 387390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cmh |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 815 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cmh tower : cmh |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 8500 |
| ASRS Report | 387390 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 159 flight time total : 11425 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 387391 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Crew of previous flight reported landing with both lavatory smoke detectors going off and the smell of burnt oil. This was entered in maintenance log by previous captain. Maintenance worked on the aircraft from XA00 to XE40 and aircraft was signed off for service. Soon after rotation we noticed an odor similar to burnt oil and a few seconds later, flight attendants reported haze in cabin. We declared an emergency and returned to cmh. Total air time was 8 mins. Airport fire crew was requested. Landing was uneventful, cleared runway and stopped aircraft on taxiway and requested an external visual inspection of aircraft by fire crew. No irregularities were noticed. Taxied to gate. Expedited passenger deplaning through jetway. Logbook entry was made of the event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MLG FLC HAD AN OIL FUME ODOR ENTER THE ACFT DURING INITIAL CLB. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE ARPT. THIS WAS THE SECOND OIL FUME PROB FOR THIS ACFT.
Narrative: CREW OF PREVIOUS FLT RPTED LNDG WITH BOTH LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS GOING OFF AND THE SMELL OF BURNT OIL. THIS WAS ENTERED IN MAINT LOG BY PREVIOUS CAPT. MAINT WORKED ON THE ACFT FROM XA00 TO XE40 AND ACFT WAS SIGNED OFF FOR SVC. SOON AFTER ROTATION WE NOTICED AN ODOR SIMILAR TO BURNT OIL AND A FEW SECONDS LATER, FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED HAZE IN CABIN. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO CMH. TOTAL AIR TIME WAS 8 MINS. ARPT FIRE CREW WAS REQUESTED. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL, CLRED RWY AND STOPPED ACFT ON TXWY AND REQUESTED AN EXTERNAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF ACFT BY FIRE CREW. NO IRREGULARITIES WERE NOTICED. TAXIED TO GATE. EXPEDITED PAX DEPLANING THROUGH JETWAY. LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE OF THE EVENT.
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.