An airbus 300 prior to departure was evacuate/evacuationed through the boarding door due to smoke an...

Attributes
ACN	545876
Time
Date	200204
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
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	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 11 flight attendant time total : 32
ASRS Report	545876
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : lavatory smoke alarms other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Boarding door closed. Purser called to prepare for departure. As I went to my door, 'I was the plucker in the gate area.' I noticed smoke or a hazy cloud in the area of the overhead bins. It was heavier in the center of the aircraft. Then the bells and lights started to go off. Flight attendants #2 and #6 checked the lavatory areas as the pilots said they had a light in the lavatory area for smoke. The lights continued to go off and the bells in the cabin. The captain said, 'hold on, we will get the jetbridge back.' as soon as the door was open, we asked the people to leave the aircraft. We disarmed our doors as our area was clear. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the doors had just been closed but not yet armed for pushback when the lavatory smoke alarms went off in the aft cabin. The reporter said the smoke was floating above the seated passenger's head, but the cabin attendants' heads were in the smoke cloud. The reporter stated the aft cabin had the greatest concentration of smoke and fumes. The reporter said the captain ordered the jetbridge into position and they evacuate/evacuationed the airplane through the boarding door with no problems. The reporter stated the cause of the smoke and fumes was the APU leaking oil into the air conditioning system. The reporter said the flight was canceled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 300 PRIOR TO DEP WAS EVACED THROUGH THE BOARDING DOOR DUE TO SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE CABIN, CAUSED BY APU OIL LEAK INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS.

Narrative: BOARDING DOOR CLOSED. PURSER CALLED TO PREPARE FOR DEP. AS I WENT TO MY DOOR, 'I WAS THE PLUCKER IN THE GATE AREA.' I NOTICED SMOKE OR A HAZY CLOUD IN THE AREA OF THE OVERHEAD BINS. IT WAS HEAVIER IN THE CTR OF THE ACFT. THEN THE BELLS AND LIGHTS STARTED TO GO OFF. FLT ATTENDANTS #2 AND #6 CHKED THE LAVATORY AREAS AS THE PLTS SAID THEY HAD A LIGHT IN THE LAVATORY AREA FOR SMOKE. THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO GO OFF AND THE BELLS IN THE CABIN. THE CAPT SAID, 'HOLD ON, WE WILL GET THE JETBRIDGE BACK.' AS SOON AS THE DOOR WAS OPEN, WE ASKED THE PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE ACFT. WE DISARMED OUR DOORS AS OUR AREA WAS CLR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE DOORS HAD JUST BEEN CLOSED BUT NOT YET ARMED FOR PUSHBACK WHEN THE LAVATORY SMOKE ALARMS WENT OFF IN THE AFT CABIN. THE RPTR SAID THE SMOKE WAS FLOATING ABOVE THE SEATED PAX'S HEAD, BUT THE CABIN ATTENDANTS' HEADS WERE IN THE SMOKE CLOUD. THE RPTR STATED THE AFT CABIN HAD THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE AND FUMES. THE RPTR SAID THE CAPT ORDERED THE JETBRIDGE INTO POS AND THEY EVACED THE AIRPLANE THROUGH THE BOARDING DOOR WITH NO PROBS. THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND FUMES WAS THE APU LEAKING OIL INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS. THE RPTR SAID THE FLT WAS CANCELED.

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.

An airbus 300 prior to departure was evacuate/evacuationed through the boarding door due to smoke and fumes in the cabin, caused by APU oil leak into the air conditioning system.