Narrative:

As takeoff power was applied, heard a bang and felt a cabin pressure surge, followed by cabin-to-cockpit call chimes. Rejected takeoff, then 'head flight attendant' reported smoke in the cabin. Requested airport emergency equipment, established communications with the cabin and made appropriate PA's to the passenger. Performed procedures to isolate a 'J' area overheat and stop smoke. Determined there was no fire, and smoke was stopped. Only some thin residual smoke remained, confined to the aft cabin. Moved people forward and opened aft doors 1 ft or two to help evacuate/evacuation smoke from aft cabin area. Returned to gate expeditiously and requested emergency medical personnel to meet us there and attend to passenger. At gate, deplaned passenger in aft cabin and children first. Afterward, we were told by maintenance that a titanium pneumatic duct had ruptured. During debrief, flight attendants said the captain's first PA, made immediately after the rejected takeoff, seemed to calm the passenger. Good communication with flight attendants and passenger through interphone, PA, and face-to-face was very important during the incident as was the excellent teamwork between cockpit crew members (we had flown together most of the month and several times before that).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN L1011 FLT ABORTS ITS TKOF ROLL. AFTER TKOF PWR WAS APPLIED, A LOUD BANG AND SMOKE FILLED THE AFT CABIN. FLT RETURNED TO GATE WITH CFR EQUIP IN TRAIL AT ATL, GA.

Narrative: AS TKOF PWR WAS APPLIED, HEARD A BANG AND FELT A CABIN PRESSURE SURGE, FOLLOWED BY CABIN-TO-COCKPIT CALL CHIMES. REJECTED TKOF, THEN 'HEAD FLT ATTENDANT' RPTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. REQUESTED ARPT EMER EQUIP, ESTABLISHED COMS WITH THE CABIN AND MADE APPROPRIATE PA'S TO THE PAX. PERFORMED PROCS TO ISOLATE A 'J' AREA OVERHEAT AND STOP SMOKE. DETERMINED THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND SMOKE WAS STOPPED. ONLY SOME THIN RESIDUAL SMOKE REMAINED, CONFINED TO THE AFT CABIN. MOVED PEOPLE FORWARD AND OPENED AFT DOORS 1 FT OR TWO TO HELP EVAC SMOKE FROM AFT CABIN AREA. RETURNED TO GATE EXPEDITIOUSLY AND REQUESTED EMER MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET US THERE AND ATTEND TO PAX. AT GATE, DEPLANED PAX IN AFT CABIN AND CHILDREN FIRST. AFTERWARD, WE WERE TOLD BY MAINT THAT A TITANIUM PNEUMATIC DUCT HAD RUPTURED. DURING DEBRIEF, FLT ATTENDANTS SAID THE CAPT'S FIRST PA, MADE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REJECTED TKOF, SEEMED TO CALM THE PAX. GOOD COM WITH FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX THROUGH INTERPHONE, PA, AND FACE-TO-FACE WAS VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE INCIDENT AS WAS THE EXCELLENT TEAMWORK BTWN COCKPIT CREW MEMBERS (WE HAD FLOWN TOGETHER MOST OF THE MONTH AND SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THAT).

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.