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B757 has fumes in cabin and cockpit generated by oil in pneumatic ducting from a previous APU oil leak.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 470436 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200004 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdv.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude cruise : level |
| Route In Use | departure sid : plaiks.2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 215 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 1480 |
| ASRS Report | 470436 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 101 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 242 |
| ASRS Report | 470298 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event other maintenance problem : improper maintenance other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
An air carrier flight on apr/xa/00 left den airport. Just at reaching cruise altitude, we had smoke and fumes in the cockpit and cabin. Not electrical, more like oil burning and getting in the air conditioning system. We followed procedures for that condition, declared an emergency and made an uneventful landing back at den. Supplemental information from acn 470298: with no remaining interior smoke and no exterior problems, the flight taxied to the gate. The crew reported to medical. The aircraft was taken OTS for 2 days while the APU was replaced and oil was removed from the air conditioning system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 HAS FUMES IN CABIN AND COCKPIT GENERATED BY OIL IN PNEUMATIC DUCTING FROM A PREVIOUS APU OIL LEAK.
Narrative: AN ACR FLT ON APR/XA/00 LEFT DEN ARPT. JUST AT REACHING CRUISE ALT, WE HAD SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. NOT ELECTRICAL, MORE LIKE OIL BURNING AND GETTING IN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS. WE FOLLOWED PROCS FOR THAT CONDITION, DECLARED AN EMER AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG BACK AT DEN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 470298: WITH NO REMAINING INTERIOR SMOKE AND NO EXTERIOR PROBS, THE FLT TAXIED TO THE GATE. THE CREW RPTED TO MEDICAL. THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS FOR 2 DAYS WHILE THE APU WAS REPLACED AND OIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS.
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.