Flight crew of a B767 diverted to land after cabin attendant reported smoke in the aft part of the a...

Attributes
ACN	506106
Time
Date	200103
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl single value : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mco.tracon tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 583
ASRS Report	506106
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	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : smoke in cabin other other : 3
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Aircraft took off out of mco. On departure, smoke occurred in the aft cabin. An emergency was declared and we returned to mco. We were on the ground within 10 mins of the smoke occurrence. No indication of fire was found, therefore, we chose not to evacuate/evacuation. The fire department could see no indication of fire. We returned to the gate without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B767 DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER CABIN ATTENDANT RPTED SMOKE IN THE AFT PART OF THE ACFT.

Narrative: ACFT TOOK OFF OUT OF MCO. ON DEP, SMOKE OCCURRED IN THE AFT CABIN. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND WE RETURNED TO MCO. WE WERE ON THE GND WITHIN 10 MINS OF THE SMOKE OCCURRENCE. NO INDICATION OF FIRE WAS FOUND, THEREFORE, WE CHOSE NOT TO EVAC. THE FIRE DEPT COULD SEE NO INDICATION OF FIRE. WE RETURNED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.

Flight crew of a B767 diverted to land after cabin attendant reported smoke in the aft part of the aircraft.