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B767-300 cabin attendant reports of electrical burning smell in forward galley. Flight returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 798090 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 18.25 flight attendant time total : 18.25 flight attendant time type : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 798090 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 1 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was in the forward galley preparing to distribute landing forms when I noticed a smell that could be described as burning wires. The video system stopped working and first class passenger seats wouldn't move either. The captain called and said that we had smoke in the cockpit. We returned to departure airport and made a normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 CABIN ATTENDANT REPORTS OF ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN FORWARD GALLEY. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT.
Narrative: I WAS IN THE FORWARD GALLEY PREPARING TO DISTRIBUTE LNDG FORMS WHEN I NOTICED A SMELL THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS BURNING WIRES. THE VIDEO SYS STOPPED WORKING AND FIRST CLASS PAX SEATS WOULDN'T MOVE EITHER. THE CAPT CALLED AND SAID THAT WE HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. WE RETURNED TO DEP ARPT AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG.
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.