A CL65 returned to departure airport when flight attendant reported strong smell of fuel.

Attributes
ACN	756353
Time
Date	200710
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	756353
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 2
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During climb out the aft flight attendant called to say he could smell fuel very strongly in the cabin. We communicated with ATC; returned to ZZZ and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 RETURNED TO DEP ARPT WHEN FLT ATTENDANT REPORTED STRONG SMELL OF FUEL.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT THE AFT FLT ATTENDANT CALLED TO SAY HE COULD SMELL FUEL VERY STRONGLY IN THE CABIN. WE COMMUNICATED WITH ATC; RETURNED TO ZZZ AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.