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A B757-200 in cruise declared an emergency and diverted due to electrical burning odor smelled in cockpit and aft galley.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 649800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200502 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 14 flight attendant time total : 14 flight attendant time type : 70 |
| ASRS Report | 649800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Smelled electrical burning smell in aft galley. #2 flight attendant called pilot to report smell; at which time he said he also smelled electrical burning smell in cockpit and told us to prepare for an emergency landing in ZZZZ. Landed without further incident. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: originally detected an electrical burning odor in the aft galley area and believed it was the video recorder in the rear overhead bin. The flight crew was advised and told us they also smelled the odor and were declaring an emergency and returning to the departure station. On the ground; maintenance checked the video recorder and reported it was ok and not overheated. After several hours delay; maintenance reported finding overheated wiring between the cockpit and the galley; then the flight departed. Reporter had no additional information on location of wiring or system involved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 IN CRUISE DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR SMELLED IN COCKPIT AND AFT GALLEY.
Narrative: SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN AFT GALLEY. #2 FLT ATTENDANT CALLED PLT TO RPT SMELL; AT WHICH TIME HE SAID HE ALSO SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT AND TOLD US TO PREPARE FOR AN EMER LNDG IN ZZZZ. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ORIGINALLY DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN THE AFT GALLEY AREA AND BELIEVED IT WAS THE VIDEO RECORDER IN THE REAR OVERHEAD BIN. THE FLT CREW WAS ADVISED AND TOLD US THEY ALSO SMELLED THE ODOR AND WERE DECLARING AN EMER AND RETURNING TO THE DEP STATION. ON THE GND; MAINT CHKED THE VIDEO RECORDER AND RPTED IT WAS OK AND NOT OVERHEATED. AFTER SEVERAL HRS DELAY; MAINT RPTED FINDING OVERHEATED WIRING BTWN THE COCKPIT AND THE GALLEY; THEN THE FLT DEPARTED. RPTR HAD NO ADDITIONAL INFO ON LOCATION OF WIRING OR SYS INVOLVED.
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.