<< >> NASA ASRS Report 514046, June 2001

An lax bound B757-200 crew deals with a 'smell of something burning' as reported by a passenger sitting over the wing and diverts to den, co.

Attributes
ACN	514046
Time
Date	200106
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zdv.artcc
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 2 flight attendant time total : 2 flight attendant time type : 10
ASRS Report	514046
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : pax 5
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Passenger noticed smell of something burning over the wing area. Immediately went to cockpit to advise of situation. Already being handled by #1 flight attendant and cockpit. Landed 18 mins later with no event. No speculations on what caused the smell. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: flight attendant reporter stated that the crew was shuttled off to another aircraft and resumed the flight to lax. Maintenance did not contact them with any findings. The reporter quoted the captain as mentioning the APU in his speculations, but she was not certain that the APU was the problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN LAX BOUND B757-200 CREW DEALS WITH A 'SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING' AS RPTED BY A PAX SITTING OVER THE WING AND DIVERTS TO DEN, CO.

Narrative: PAX NOTICED SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING OVER THE WING AREA. IMMEDIATELY WENT TO COCKPIT TO ADVISE OF SIT. ALREADY BEING HANDLED BY #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND COCKPIT. LANDED 18 MINS LATER WITH NO EVENT. NO SPECULATIONS ON WHAT CAUSED THE SMELL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FLT ATTENDANT RPTR STATED THAT THE CREW WAS SHUTTLED OFF TO ANOTHER ACFT AND RESUMED THE FLT TO LAX. MAINT DID NOT CONTACT THEM WITH ANY FINDINGS. THE RPTR QUOTED THE CAPT AS MENTIONING THE APU IN HIS SPECULATIONS, BUT SHE WAS NOT CERTAIN THAT THE APU WAS THE 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.