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Cabin attendant discovers thick smoke emanating from first class galley oven. Flight quickly returns to departure airport and met by crash fire rescue equipment and maintenance personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 645850 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| 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 | climbout : initial ground : maintenance |
| 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 : 16 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 90 |
| ASRS Report | 645850 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe cabin event other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff; the #1 flight attendant called. She told me that she had thick; black smoke coming out of one oven. She had already turned the oven off. I could smell smoke. We called the cockpit and described the situation. Captain made the decision to return to ZZZ immediately and made a PA to that effect. We got the halon from emergency equipment in first class and kept it handy at #1 jumpseat. Flight landed without incident and was met by fire department and maintenance personnel. There were no flames and maintenance determined cause to be excess grease and dirt on exposed wires/elements in back of oven. This was an old air carrier Y aircraft and has different ovens from the air carrier X aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT DISCOVERS THICK SMOKE EMANATING FROM FIRST CLASS GALLEY OVEN. FLT QUICKLY RETURNS TO DEP ARPT AND MET BY CFR AND MAINT PERSONNEL.
Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER TKOF; THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT CALLED. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD THICK; BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF ONE OVEN. SHE HAD ALREADY TURNED THE OVEN OFF. I COULD SMELL SMOKE. WE CALLED THE COCKPIT AND DESCRIBED THE SIT. CAPT MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN TO ZZZ IMMEDIATELY AND MADE A PA TO THAT EFFECT. WE GOT THE HALON FROM EMER EQUIP IN FIRST CLASS AND KEPT IT HANDY AT #1 JUMPSEAT. FLT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS MET BY FIRE DEPT AND MAINT PERSONNEL. THERE WERE NO FLAMES AND MAINT DETERMINED CAUSE TO BE EXCESS GREASE AND DIRT ON EXPOSED WIRES/ELEMENTS IN BACK OF OVEN. THIS WAS AN OLD ACR Y ACFT AND HAS DIFFERENT OVENS FROM THE ACR X ACFT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.