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Air carrier flight crew, flying an aircraft with numerous electrical deferrals, detects electrical smoke smell after takeoff and executes an emergency landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 464177 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : cvg.vortac |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 464177 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 941 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The aircraft had deferred maintenance items on the following system: APU fire detection, leading edge flaps, transit light, autoplt's system, landing lights. After takeoff and flap retraction and climbing through about 6000 ft, the first officer and I noticed strong electrical fumes, but there was no smoke. We donned oxygen masks and smoke goggles, declared an emergency, and I flew and landed while the first officer ran the smoke/fire checklist and descent, approach, and before landing checklists. After landing the fumes were gone and I canceled the emergency. One of the flight attendants told me that they had smelled the fumes during flight in the aft cabin, and the fumes grew stronger as she walked forward. The aircraft was taken off the line by maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FLC, FLYING AN ACFT WITH NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL DEFERRALS, DETECTS ELECTRICAL SMOKE SMELL AFTER TKOF AND EXECUTES AN EMER LNDG.
Narrative: THE ACFT HAD DEFERRED MAINT ITEMS ON THE FOLLOWING SYS: APU FIRE DETECTION, LEADING EDGE FLAPS, TRANSIT LIGHT, AUTOPLT'S SYS, LNDG LIGHTS. AFTER TKOF AND FLAP RETRACTION AND CLBING THROUGH ABOUT 6000 FT, THE FO AND I NOTICED STRONG ELECTRICAL FUMES, BUT THERE WAS NO SMOKE. WE DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND SMOKE GOGGLES, DECLARED AN EMER, AND I FLEW AND LANDED WHILE THE FO RAN THE SMOKE/FIRE CHKLIST AND DSCNT, APCH, AND BEFORE LNDG CHKLISTS. AFTER LNDG THE FUMES WERE GONE AND I CANCELED THE EMER. ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD SMELLED THE FUMES DURING FLT IN THE AFT CABIN, AND THE FUMES GREW STRONGER AS SHE WALKED FORWARD. THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OFF THE LINE BY MAINT.
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.