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A B737 ng flight crew experienced a burning smell shortly after takeoff. They declared an emergency and returned to land at their departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 785432 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 785432 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On takeoff at about rotation; noticed noxious burning smell. Called flight attendants and asked if ovens were on and informed they were not and nothing in the galley was on. Flight attendants confirmed same odor in the cabin. After flaps up and initial turn on course was called by flight attendants that odor was getting worse and passenger were complaining. Turned off recirculation fans. Climbing through 10000 ft and odor not dissipating made decision to declare emergency and return immediately for landing. After landing and odor now dissipating and crash fire rescue equipment confirms no external abnormalities; taxied to gate and deplaned passenger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 NG FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A BURNING SMELL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO LAND AT THEIR DEP ARPT.
Narrative: ON TKOF AT ABOUT ROTATION; NOTICED NOXIOUS BURNING SMELL. CALLED FLT ATTENDANTS AND ASKED IF OVENS WERE ON AND INFORMED THEY WERE NOT AND NOTHING IN THE GALLEY WAS ON. FLT ATTENDANTS CONFIRMED SAME ODOR IN THE CABIN. AFTER FLAPS UP AND INITIAL TURN ON COURSE WAS CALLED BY FLT ATTENDANTS THAT ODOR WAS GETTING WORSE AND PAX WERE COMPLAINING. TURNED OFF RECIRCULATION FANS. CLBING THROUGH 10000 FT AND ODOR NOT DISSIPATING MADE DECISION TO DECLARE EMER AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY FOR LNDG. AFTER LNDG AND ODOR NOW DISSIPATING AND CFR CONFIRMS NO EXTERNAL ABNORMALITIES; TAXIED TO GATE AND DEPLANED PAX.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.