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An MD11 flight crew declared an emergency and returned to lax after receiving a cabin smoke level 3 alert near dinty intersection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 444308 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199907 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | intersection : dinty |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 444308 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : smoke detector other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Overhead dinty intersection on coast-out en route to honolulu, cabin smoke level 3 alert annunciated. Complied with immediate action and emergency checklists procedures, declared an emergency with ZLA and returned to lax. Maintenance on postflt discovered faulty smoke detector in cabin overhead. They replaced some, returned to service and then continued on to destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD11 FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAX AFTER RECEIVING A CABIN SMOKE LEVEL 3 ALERT NEAR DINTY INTXN.
Narrative: OVERHEAD DINTY INTXN ON COAST-OUT ENRTE TO HONOLULU, CABIN SMOKE LEVEL 3 ALERT ANNUNCIATED. COMPLIED WITH IMMEDIATE ACTION AND EMER CHKLISTS PROCS, DECLARED AN EMER WITH ZLA AND RETURNED TO LAX. MAINT ON POSTFLT DISCOVERED FAULTY SMOKE DETECTOR IN CABIN OVERHEAD. THEY REPLACED SOME, RETURNED TO SVC AND THEN CONTINUED ON TO DEST.
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.