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A B727-200 on initial climb at 6000 ft declared an emergency and returned to land due to smoke and smell in the cockpit and cabin, caused by a forward galley overheated coffeemaker hotplate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 428903 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl single value : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d21.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 428903 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2700 |
| ASRS Report | 428263 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event : galley fire |
| Independent Detector | other other : fa5 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Immediately after departure we noticed a smell of something burning. Shortly after the lead flight attendant entered the cockpit and said there was smoke coming from her PA panel, we declared an emergency, dumped fuel to below our maximum landing weight, performed the emergency checklists, and landed without further problems. The smoke stopped, but we never found the cause of the smoke. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a B727-200 and the problem was confined to the forward galley. The reporter said maintenance checked the PA panel and found nothing out of order. But on checking the forward galley the source of the smoke and smell was found to be overheated coffeemaker hotplate. The reporter said no circuit breakers tripped during this event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 ON INITIAL CLB AT 6000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO SMOKE AND SMELL IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN, CAUSED BY A FORWARD GALLEY OVERHEATED COFFEEMAKER HOTPLATE.
Narrative: IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEP WE NOTICED A SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. SHORTLY AFTER THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND SAID THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM HER PA PANEL, WE DECLARED AN EMER, DUMPED FUEL TO BELOW OUR MAX LNDG WT, PERFORMED THE EMER CHKLISTS, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBS. THE SMOKE STOPPED, BUT WE NEVER FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B727-200 AND THE PROB WAS CONFINED TO THE FORWARD GALLEY. THE RPTR SAID MAINT CHKED THE PA PANEL AND FOUND NOTHING OUT OF ORDER. BUT ON CHKING THE FORWARD GALLEY THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE AND SMELL WAS FOUND TO BE OVERHEATED COFFEEMAKER HOTPLATE. THE RPTR SAID NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPED DURING THIS 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.