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An air carrier captain reported that smoke in the cabin was caused by a galley problem that only pulling the galley circuit breaker could solve. However, none of the checklist referring to smoke calls for the galley power to be turned off.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 493786 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200012 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpa.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : tpa.tracon tower : tpa.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure sid : ns |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 493786 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event : galley fire other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Just after takeoff, we smelled a burning smell that seemed to be food in the galley. The flight attendant came up and advised there was a great deal of smoke in the cabin and she could not identify the source. We initiated an immediate return to the airport, donned our oxygen masks and began to work our cabin smoke checklist. Suspecting the galley, the first officer suggested turning off the galley power, which we did. Smoke dissipated and we landed without further incident. Upon further thought, we realized that none of our smoke checklists call for turning the galley power off. This is something all 3 of us crew members plan to advise our training department about since it was the one and only thing that actually solved our problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CAPT RPTED THAT SMOKE IN THE CABIN WAS CAUSED BY A GALLEY PROB THAT ONLY PULLING THE GALLEY CIRCUIT BREAKER COULD SOLVE. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE CHKLIST REFERRING TO SMOKE CALLS FOR THE GALLEY PWR TO BE TURNED OFF.
Narrative: JUST AFTER TKOF, WE SMELLED A BURNING SMELL THAT SEEMED TO BE FOOD IN THE GALLEY. THE FLT ATTENDANT CAME UP AND ADVISED THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND SHE COULD NOT IDENT THE SOURCE. WE INITIATED AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE ARPT, DONNED OUR OXYGEN MASKS AND BEGAN TO WORK OUR CABIN SMOKE CHKLIST. SUSPECTING THE GALLEY, THE FO SUGGESTED TURNING OFF THE GALLEY PWR, WHICH WE DID. SMOKE DISSIPATED AND WE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON FURTHER THOUGHT, WE REALIZED THAT NONE OF OUR SMOKE CHKLISTS CALL FOR TURNING THE GALLEY PWR OFF. THIS IS SOMETHING ALL 3 OF US CREW MEMBERS PLAN TO ADVISE OUR TRAINING DEPT ABOUT SINCE IT WAS THE ONE AND ONLY THING THAT ACTUALLY SOLVED OUR PROB.
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.