An MD80 in initial climb declared an emergency and diverted due to smoke in the aft cabin cause unkn...

Attributes
ACN	477581
Time
Date	200006
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : o90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : other published ifr departure
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	477581
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : person 4
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff sfo, flight attendant reported smoke in aft cabin. Completed aircraft smoke/fumes checklist. Some lessened but did not stop. Returned sfo. Declared emergency. Landed overweight at 144000 pounds. Wrote up above in aircraft log. Smooth landing runway 28R sfo. Swapped aircraft and continued dfw. Most ramp personnel and fuelers had gone home. Minimum crew swapped aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 IN INITIAL CLB DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE AFT CABIN CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF SFO, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED SMOKE IN AFT CABIN. COMPLETED ACFT SMOKE/FUMES CHKLIST. SOME LESSENED BUT DID NOT STOP. RETURNED SFO. DECLARED EMER. LANDED OVERWT AT 144000 LBS. WROTE UP ABOVE IN ACFT LOG. SMOOTH LNDG RWY 28R SFO. SWAPPED ACFT AND CONTINUED DFW. MOST RAMP PERSONNEL AND FUELERS HAD GONE HOME. MINIMUM CREW SWAPPED ACFT.

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.

An MD80 in initial climb declared an emergency and diverted due to smoke in the aft cabin cause unknown.