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MD80. Cabin attendant informed the crew they had some smoke in the aft cabin. Smoke set off both alarms in the rear toilets.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 408468 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gmn |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 18000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 408468 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out flight attendant called cockpit on interphone and reported smoke in the aft cabin. The flight attendant then reported the smoke alarm activated. Shortly thereafter, the first flight attendant reported smoke in the aft cabin and both aft smoke alarms activated. Declared emergency and requested immediate return. On descent smoke cleared. Emergency canceled and normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80. CABIN ATTENDANT INFORMED THE CREW THEY HAD SOME SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN. SMOKE SET OFF BOTH ALARMS IN THE REAR TOILETS.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT FLT ATTENDANT CALLED COCKPIT ON INTERPHONE AND RPTED SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN. THE FLT ATTENDANT THEN RPTED THE SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT RPTED SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN AND BOTH AFT SMOKE ALARMS ACTIVATED. DECLARED EMER AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE RETURN. ON DSCNT SMOKE CLRED. EMER CANCELED AND NORMAL LNDG.
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.