Narrative:

After landing at isp on runway 24, I came out of reverse thrust and the first officer and I noticed a strange odor and a trace of smoke in the cockpit. Within a few seconds, the forward lavatory smoke detector sounded an alarm. We exited the runway at the high speed, performed the smoke/fire in cockpit checklist, called tower for fire coverage, had the flight attendants check lavatories for evidence of fire, and began a short taxi to our gate. Shortly after the first officer had opened the outflow valve, the smoke and smell dissipated rapidly. I made a PA to the passenger advising them of the situation. I basically told them that if they had noticed a strange odor and a trace of smoke not to be alarmed because we had the situation well in hand. Told them to remain seated and that we could conduct an orderly deplaning at the gate. The flight attendants advised us they had found no evidence of fire and they also made a PA to calm any frayed nerves. When we reached the gate the smoke and odor had completely dissipated and we conducted a normal deplaning which was expeditious but showed no sign of panic on the part of the passenger. As the passenger deplaned, the fire department inspected the aircraft and determined there was no evidence of fire. After all passenger had deplaned, I conducted a debrief of the incident with the agent, flight attendants, first officer and fire department. All seemed to think the situation had been handled ok. We did learn from the fire department that runway 24 had been freshly sanded prior to our arrival. They said that when we went into reverse sand went everywhere. Our postflt revealed evidence that a large amount of sand had been ingested. Both bullet noses had all the black paint removed. We did not note any blade damage. I contacted dispatch and maintenance control to advise them of the situation and was advised by maintenance control to put an open write-up in the logbook and that they were removing aircraft from service pending inspection by maintenance. I also made a heads-up call to the bwi chief pilot. Since we are going to be using airports like isp, buf, alb, etc, which may use significant amounts of sand, are there procedures we can develop to preclude smoke from entering the cockpit/cabin due to ingestion of the sand?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CREW HAD SMOKE, FUMES IN COCKPIT AFTER LNDG AT ISP.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT ISP ON RWY 24, I CAME OUT OF REVERSE THRUST AND THE FO AND I NOTICED A STRANGE ODOR AND A TRACE OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDED AN ALARM. WE EXITED THE RWY AT THE HIGH SPD, PERFORMED THE SMOKE/FIRE IN COCKPIT CHKLIST, CALLED TWR FOR FIRE COVERAGE, HAD THE FLT ATTENDANTS CHK LAVATORIES FOR EVIDENCE OF FIRE, AND BEGAN A SHORT TAXI TO OUR GATE. SHORTLY AFTER THE FO HAD OPENED THE OUTFLOW VALVE, THE SMOKE AND SMELL DISSIPATED RAPIDLY. I MADE A PA TO THE PAX ADVISING THEM OF THE SIT. I BASICALLY TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY HAD NOTICED A STRANGE ODOR AND A TRACE OF SMOKE NOT TO BE ALARMED BECAUSE WE HAD THE SIT WELL IN HAND. TOLD THEM TO REMAIN SEATED AND THAT WE COULD CONDUCT AN ORDERLY DEPLANING AT THE GATE. THE FLT ATTENDANTS ADVISED US THEY HAD FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE AND THEY ALSO MADE A PA TO CALM ANY FRAYED NERVES. WHEN WE REACHED THE GATE THE SMOKE AND ODOR HAD COMPLETELY DISSIPATED AND WE CONDUCTED A NORMAL DEPLANING WHICH WAS EXPEDITIOUS BUT SHOWED NO SIGN OF PANIC ON THE PART OF THE PAX. AS THE PAX DEPLANED, THE FIRE DEPT INSPECTED THE ACFT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. AFTER ALL PAX HAD DEPLANED, I CONDUCTED A DEBRIEF OF THE INCIDENT WITH THE AGENT, FLT ATTENDANTS, FO AND FIRE DEPT. ALL SEEMED TO THINK THE SIT HAD BEEN HANDLED OK. WE DID LEARN FROM THE FIRE DEPT THAT RWY 24 HAD BEEN FRESHLY SANDED PRIOR TO OUR ARR. THEY SAID THAT WHEN WE WENT INTO REVERSE SAND WENT EVERYWHERE. OUR POSTFLT REVEALED EVIDENCE THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF SAND HAD BEEN INGESTED. BOTH BULLET NOSES HAD ALL THE BLACK PAINT REMOVED. WE DID NOT NOTE ANY BLADE DAMAGE. I CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL TO ADVISE THEM OF THE SIT AND WAS ADVISED BY MAINT CTL TO PUT AN OPEN WRITE-UP IN THE LOGBOOK AND THAT THEY WERE REMOVING ACFT FROM SVC PENDING INSPECTION BY MAINT. I ALSO MADE A HEADS-UP CALL TO THE BWI CHIEF PLT. SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE USING ARPTS LIKE ISP, BUF, ALB, ETC, WHICH MAY USE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SAND, ARE THERE PROCS WE CAN DEVELOP TO PRECLUDE SMOKE FROM ENTERING THE COCKPIT/CABIN DUE TO INGESTION OF THE SAND?

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.