<< >> NASA ASRS Report 930803, February 2011

An A300 main deck cargo smoke ECAM alerted during climb thought 10;000 ft. An emergency was declared and the aircraft returned to the departure airport where maintenance surmised that de-ice fluid got into the air conditioning system because they found no smoke source.

Attributes
ACN	930803
Time
Date	201102
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 87 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 3400
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Climbing through 10;400 the ECAM main deck cargo smoke warning system activated. First officer smelled fumes and immediately put on O2 mask. I told him to declare emergency with center; who immediately turned us back to the departure airport and handed us back to approach control. Approach control vectored us back to the ILS final and we landed uneventfully. After landing; taxied clear of the runway on taxiway C and stopped to assess the situation. Airport rescue and fire fighters met the aircraft on taxiway a and followed us to the ramp after determining the smoke in the fuselage had dissipated. Captain was flying pilot for entire flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 MAIN DECK CARGO SMOKE ECAM alerted during climb thought 10;000 FT. An emergency was declared and the aircraft returned to the departure airport where maintenance surmised that de-ice fluid got into the air conditioning system because they found no smoke source.

Narrative: Climbing through 10;400 the ECAM Main Deck Cargo Smoke warning system activated. First Officer smelled fumes and immediately put on O2 mask. I told him to declare emergency with Center; who immediately turned us back to the departure airport and handed us back to Approach Control. Approach Control vectored us back to the ILS final and we landed uneventfully. After landing; taxied clear of the runway on Taxiway C and stopped to assess the situation. Airport Rescue and Fire Fighters met the aircraft on Taxiway A and followed us to the ramp after determining the smoke in the fuselage had dissipated. Captain was flying pilot for entire flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.