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A fokker 100 after takeoff at 4000 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to fumes and smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Caused by APU oil in ducts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536882 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 536882 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
XA38Z, 4000 ft altitude. Shortly after takeoff from ZZZ, we started smelling an odor from packs. Got worse and started to see smoke in cockpit. Were informed by flight attendants of smell and smoke in cabin. Declared emergency and diverted to ZZZ1. Made a normal, overweight, uneventful landing at ZZZ1. Deplaned passenger at gate. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated this airplane was written up the previous day for smoke and fumes in the cabin and cockpit after starting the APU for air conditioning. The reporter said the airplane was taken OTS and the APU repaired and the ducting was burned out with engine air. The reporter stated the burnout process was not continued long enough as some residual oil remained in the ducting and this resulted in smoke in the cabin and cockpit on the next takeoff. The reporter said by the time the diversion was complete and on the ground, the residual oil was burned out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FOKKER 100 AFTER TKOF AT 4000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO FUMES AND SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. CAUSED BY APU OIL IN DUCTS.
Narrative: XA38Z, 4000 FT ALT. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF FROM ZZZ, WE STARTED SMELLING AN ODOR FROM PACKS. GOT WORSE AND STARTED TO SEE SMOKE IN COCKPIT. WERE INFORMED BY FLT ATTENDANTS OF SMELL AND SMOKE IN CABIN. DECLARED EMER AND DIVERTED TO ZZZ1. MADE A NORMAL, OVERWT, UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT ZZZ1. DEPLANED PAX AT GATE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THIS AIRPLANE WAS WRITTEN UP THE PREVIOUS DAY FOR SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT AFTER STARTING THE APU FOR AIR CONDITIONING. THE RPTR SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKEN OTS AND THE APU REPAIRED AND THE DUCTING WAS BURNED OUT WITH ENG AIR. THE RPTR STATED THE BURNOUT PROCESS WAS NOT CONTINUED LONG ENOUGH AS SOME RESIDUAL OIL REMAINED IN THE DUCTING AND THIS RESULTED IN SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT ON THE NEXT TKOF. THE RPTR SAID BY THE TIME THE DIVERSION WAS COMPLETE AND ON THE GND, THE RESIDUAL OIL WAS BURNED OUT.
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.