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Attributes | |
ACN | 496428 |
Time | |
Date | 200012 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
State Reference | US |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B727-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : 401 |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 496428 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor |
Primary Problem | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Have flown with flight attendant employee wxvx before and have written him up for excessive PA's and PA's not required by his manual. Briefed him not to do it on this flight. He still made several PA's about altitudes and mins remaining to landing. It is very unprofessional and verges on safety in ZZZ. Due to passenger not knowing who is making PA's. At case arrival in ZZZ engineer was doing his overnight walkaround and saw smoke coming from the right wheel well area. He ran back to the cockpit and informed me and immediately called for the fire fighting equipment and commanded an evacuate/evacuation of the aircraft. There were only a few passenger -- 5 to 6 -- on the aircraft and they used the mobile stairs and I also instructed the flight attendants to use the same exit. They were already in the front of the cabin. They stated that the aircraft was clear of passenger and that they were the last ones on the aircraft. We shut down the APU and left the aircraft from the time that the flight engineer informed me to the time that we shut down the APU and left the aircraft was 15-20 seconds. Myself and the other copilot crew ran to the odor. The arff arrived within mins and I informed them of the situation and they inspected the wheel well. Maintenance and the arff's took control of the situation. I realized that the purser had already left for the crew van before I commanded the evacuate/evacuation. Arff said it was safe to re-enter the aircraft and retrieve our bags. Maintenance put ground power on the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 CAPT EXPRESSES DISAPPROVAL OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE FLT ATTENDANT IN CHARGE DURING THE FLT AND ON ARR DURING AN EMER EVAC.
Narrative: HAVE FLOWN WITH FLT ATTENDANT EMPLOYEE WXVX BEFORE AND HAVE WRITTEN HIM UP FOR EXCESSIVE PA'S AND PA'S NOT REQUIRED BY HIS MANUAL. BRIEFED HIM NOT TO DO IT ON THIS FLT. HE STILL MADE SEVERAL PA'S ABOUT ALTS AND MINS REMAINING TO LNDG. IT IS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL AND VERGES ON SAFETY IN ZZZ. DUE TO PAX NOT KNOWING WHO IS MAKING PA'S. AT CASE ARRIVAL IN ZZZ ENGINEER WAS DOING HIS OVERNIGHT WALKAROUND AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE R WHEEL WELL AREA. HE RAN BACK TO THE COCKPIT AND INFORMED ME AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR THE FIRE FIGHTING EQUIP AND COMMANDED AN EVAC OF THE ACFT. THERE WERE ONLY A FEW PAX -- 5 TO 6 -- ON THE ACFT AND THEY USED THE MOBILE STAIRS AND I ALSO INSTRUCTED THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO USE THE SAME EXIT. THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE FRONT OF THE CABIN. THEY STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS CLR OF PAX AND THAT THEY WERE THE LAST ONES ON THE ACFT. WE SHUT DOWN THE APU AND LEFT THE ACFT FROM THE TIME THAT THE FE INFORMED ME TO THE TIME THAT WE SHUT DOWN THE APU AND LEFT THE ACFT WAS 15-20 SECONDS. MYSELF AND THE OTHER COPLT CREW RAN TO THE ODOR. THE ARFF ARRIVED WITHIN MINS AND I INFORMED THEM OF THE SIT AND THEY INSPECTED THE WHEEL WELL. MAINT AND THE ARFF'S TOOK CTL OF THE SIT. I REALIZED THAT THE PURSER HAD ALREADY LEFT FOR THE CREW VAN BEFORE I COMMANDED THE EVAC. ARFF SAID IT WAS SAFE TO RE-ENTER THE ACFT AND RETRIEVE OUR BAGS. MAINT PUT GND PWR ON THE 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.