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Flight attendant report regarding an indication of fire heat in tailcone section of a B727 15 mins after takeoff. Return to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 416424 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sju |
| State Reference | PR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sju tower : maf |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 416424 |
| 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 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right after takeoff, captain notified the cabin crew that we will be returning to the gate in sju due to indication of possibility of fire/heat, etc, in tailcone section of aircraft. We did not prepare for an evacuate/evacuation, per captain's instructions. Fuel was dumped and we put passenger at ease and informed them -- both in english and spanish. We landed and emergency vehicles met aircraft and verified there was no fire. All passenger were put on other flts. Aircraft was later ferried back to ewr with 3 cockpit crew and 2 cabin attendants. Other 2 attendants opted to deadhead on earlier flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING AN INDICATION OF FIRE HEAT IN TAILCONE SECTION OF A B727 15 MINS AFTER TKOF. RETURN TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: RIGHT AFTER TKOF, CAPT NOTIFIED THE CABIN CREW THAT WE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE GATE IN SJU DUE TO INDICATION OF POSSIBILITY OF FIRE/HEAT, ETC, IN TAILCONE SECTION OF ACFT. WE DID NOT PREPARE FOR AN EVAC, PER CAPT'S INSTRUCTIONS. FUEL WAS DUMPED AND WE PUT PAX AT EASE AND INFORMED THEM -- BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. WE LANDED AND EMER VEHICLES MET ACFT AND VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FIRE. ALL PAX WERE PUT ON OTHER FLTS. ACFT WAS LATER FERRIED BACK TO EWR WITH 3 COCKPIT CREW AND 2 CABIN ATTENDANTS. OTHER 2 ATTENDANTS OPTED TO DEADHEAD ON EARLIER FLT.
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.