<< >> NASA ASRS Report 414037, August 1998

Flight attendant report regarding a smoke smell in cabin just after takeoff. Cockpit also aware and was preparing for emergency landing.

Attributes
ACN	414037
Time
Date	199808
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90 tower : jfk
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	414037
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	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

The flight attendants all did an excellent job communicating to the cockpit and purser that they smelled, but did not see any smoke. The cockpit was quick to assess situation and advise us of an emergency landing to check out situation. Went very smoothly. Passenger calm. Good PA's from purser and cockpit as to the situation. Our training helped us all stay clam, alert, and working together. Upon our safe landing and no fire, passenger should have been taken off plane, but instead were left on approximately 4 hours while the mechanical was fixed. This caused them to be edgy, heated, and at one point unmanageable. (We had had a tire blow out on takeoff, which was heated, retracted, and caused burning smell through aircraft packs. Replaced 2 tires and a brake as well as something in the cockpit.)

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A SMOKE SMELL IN CABIN JUST AFTER TKOF. COCKPIT ALSO AWARE AND WAS PREPARING FOR EMER LNDG.

Narrative: THE FLT ATTENDANTS ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB COMMUNICATING TO THE COCKPIT AND PURSER THAT THEY SMELLED, BUT DID NOT SEE ANY SMOKE. THE COCKPIT WAS QUICK TO ASSESS SIT AND ADVISE US OF AN EMER LNDG TO CHK OUT SIT. WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. PAX CALM. GOOD PA'S FROM PURSER AND COCKPIT AS TO THE SIT. OUR TRAINING HELPED US ALL STAY CLAM, ALERT, AND WORKING TOGETHER. UPON OUR SAFE LNDG AND NO FIRE, PAX SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF PLANE, BUT INSTEAD WERE LEFT ON APPROX 4 HRS WHILE THE MECHANICAL WAS FIXED. THIS CAUSED THEM TO BE EDGY, HEATED, AND AT ONE POINT UNMANAGEABLE. (WE HAD HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT ON TKOF, WHICH WAS HEATED, RETRACTED, AND CAUSED BURNING SMELL THROUGH ACFT PACKS. REPLACED 2 TIRES AND A BRAKE AS WELL AS SOMETHING IN THE COCKPIT.)

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.