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An MD80 cabin attendant notifies the flight crew of a smell coming from the rear of the aircraft resulting in an emergency being declared and the aircraft being checked by crash fire rescue equipment upon landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 603167 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : c90.tracon |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : c90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 603167 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On descent into ord, getting flight attendant reports of smells in rear cabin. Correlated those events with turning on wing anti-ice. On downwind at ord, informed that the floor was warm near right side overwing exits. Decided to declare emergency to expedite flow to landing. Had fire trucks make exterior inspection on taxiway. All normal. Restarted engines, taxied to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 CABIN ATTENDANT NOTIFIES THE FLT CREW OF A SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE ACFT RESULTING IN AN EMER BEING DECLARED AND THE ACFT BEING CHKED BY CFR UPON LNDG.
Narrative: ON DSCNT INTO ORD, GETTING FLT ATTENDANT RPTS OF SMELLS IN REAR CABIN. CORRELATED THOSE EVENTS WITH TURNING ON WING ANTI-ICE. ON DOWNWIND AT ORD, INFORMED THAT THE FLOOR WAS WARM NEAR R SIDE OVERWING EXITS. DECIDED TO DECLARE EMER TO EXPEDITE FLOW TO LNDG. HAD FIRE TRUCKS MAKE EXTERIOR INSPECTION ON TXWY. ALL NORMAL. RESTARTED ENGS, TAXIED TO GATE.
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.