B727 evacuate/evacuations passenger as acrid smoke continues to fill cabin after engine start at cun...

Attributes
ACN	436048
Time
Date	199904
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	436048
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	436047
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other other anomaly
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Pushing back from gate at cun. Just finished starting engine #3. Flight attendant opened cockpit door and said there was smoke in the aft of the cabin. Stopped push, flight engineer opened cockpit door and saw passenger coming forward from aft of aircraft. Could smell acidic smoke when door opened. Flight attendants said it was getting worse. Emergency ground evacuate/evacuation initiated. Ground was notified. Fire rescue on scene very quickly. Evacuate/evacuation went as normal as can be expected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 EVACS PAX AS ACRID SMOKE CONTINUES TO FILL CABIN AFTER ENG START AT CUN.

Narrative: PUSHING BACK FROM GATE AT CUN. JUST FINISHED STARTING ENG #3. FLT ATTENDANT OPENED COCKPIT DOOR AND SAID THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE AFT OF THE CABIN. STOPPED PUSH, FE OPENED COCKPIT DOOR AND SAW PAX COMING FORWARD FROM AFT OF ACFT. COULD SMELL ACIDIC SMOKE WHEN DOOR OPENED. FLT ATTENDANTS SAID IT WAS GETTING WORSE. EMER GND EVAC INITIATED. GND WAS NOTIFIED. FIRE RESCUE ON SCENE VERY QUICKLY. EVAC WENT AS NORMAL AS CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.