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A B727 flight crew receive a cargo smoke light just after takeoff. The flight crew returned for landing and evacuate/evacuationed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 595978 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ind.airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ind.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 595978 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 3900 |
| ASRS Report | 595457 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cargo warning light other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb out, at 1500 ft AGL, the cargo smoke detector warning sounded. The detector indicated smoke in the #5 area. The crew notified ATC, declared an emergency, accomplished all related checklists, and returned to the ind airport. The landing was made on runway 23L. I (captain) stopped the aircraft on the runway. After accomplishing the appropriate checklist(south) the crew evacuate/evacuationed the aircraft through the main entry door via the emergency escape slide. Supplemental information from acn 595457: so thought he saw and smelled smoke.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 FLT CREW RECEIVE A CARGO SMOKE LIGHT JUST AFTER TKOF. THE FLT CREW RETURNED FOR LNDG AND EVACED.
Narrative: DURING CLBOUT, AT 1500 FT AGL, THE CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR WARNING SOUNDED. THE DETECTOR INDICATED SMOKE IN THE #5 AREA. THE CREW NOTIFIED ATC, DECLARED AN EMER, ACCOMPLISHED ALL RELATED CHKLISTS, AND RETURNED TO THE IND ARPT. THE LNDG WAS MADE ON RWY 23L. I (CAPT) STOPPED THE ACFT ON THE RWY. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THE APPROPRIATE CHKLIST(S) THE CREW EVACED THE ACFT THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR VIA THE EMER ESCAPE SLIDE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 595457: SO THOUGHT HE SAW AND SMELLED SMOKE.
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.