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After departure ATR-72 flight crew is advised by their flight attendants of smoke and haze in the cabin. An emergency is declared and an uneventful return to the departure field is executed followed by an orderly evacuation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 811512 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz2.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 811512 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 812805 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During initial climb; flight attendant called and said the passenger and both flight attendants smelled and saw smoke in the cabin. Declared emergency with ATC and made l-hand traffic back to departure runway. Ran all appropriate checklists; complied with all company procedures and requested crash fire rescue equipment. Notified flight attendant of evacuate/evacuation; configured; landed safely and exited the active onto a crossing runway. Parked aircraft and commenced evacuate/evacuation checklist. All passenger and crew deplaned safely and without incident. Evacuate/evacuation was performed; as instructed; in an orderly and safe fashion. Wrote aircraft up and was later cleared by company maintenance. Repositioned the aircraft this morning to ZZZ1 with 2 mechanics and original flight and cabin crew. I want to say that the 2 flight attendants and first officer all did an excellent job.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER DEPARTURE ATR-72 FLIGHT CREW IS ADVISED BY THEIR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS OF SMOKE AND HAZE IN THE CABIN. AN EMERGENCY IS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE FIELD IS EXECUTED FOLLOWED BY AN ORDERLY EVACUATION.
Narrative: DURING INITIAL CLB; FLT ATTENDANT CALLED AND SAID THE PAX AND BOTH FLT ATTENDANTS SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE IN THE CABIN. DECLARED EMER WITH ATC AND MADE L-HAND TFC BACK TO DEP RWY. RAN ALL APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS; COMPLIED WITH ALL COMPANY PROCS AND REQUESTED CFR. NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANT OF EVAC; CONFIGURED; LANDED SAFELY AND EXITED THE ACTIVE ONTO A XING RWY. PARKED ACFT AND COMMENCED EVAC CHKLIST. ALL PAX AND CREW DEPLANED SAFELY AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. EVAC WAS PERFORMED; AS INSTRUCTED; IN AN ORDERLY AND SAFE FASHION. WROTE ACFT UP AND WAS LATER CLRED BY COMPANY MAINT. REPOSITIONED THE ACFT THIS MORNING TO ZZZ1 WITH 2 MECHS AND ORIGINAL FLT AND CABIN CREW. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE 2 FLT ATTENDANTS AND FO ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
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.