After a Q400 flight attendant twice reported a popping sound accompanied by an odor and smoke in the...

Attributes
ACN	997784
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Q400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

After pushing off the gate and taxiing for departure the aft flight attendant called to indicate that she heard a pop in the galley. She described this as a 'blown fuse' and indicated that she smelled an odor from the coffee pot area of the galley. The captain and I decided to taxi into the runup area to address the situation with maintenance. While on a taxiway short of bravo we received another call from {one of} the flight attendants stating that she smelled and saw smoke and that she heard the popping noise again. The decision was made to evacuate the airplane in the runup area due to the smoke. I declared an emergency with ramp control and asked for fire/rescue assistance. We told the flight attendants that we would be evacuating the aircraft. We parked the aircraft in the runup area and ran the on ground emergency qrc. The captain made the evacuation announcement and I opened the main cabin door and lead the passengers upwind of the aircraft. At this time fire/rescue vehicles arrived.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After a Q400 Flight Attendant twice reported a popping sound accompanied by an odor and smoke in the aircraft's aft galley; the Captain parked the taxiing aircraft; declared an emergency and evacuated the passengers.

Narrative: After pushing off the gate and taxiing for departure the aft Flight Attendant called to indicate that she heard a pop in the galley. She described this as a 'blown fuse' and indicated that she smelled an odor from the coffee pot area of the galley. The Captain and I decided to taxi into the runup area to address the situation with Maintenance. While on a taxiway short of Bravo we received another call from {one of} the flight attendants stating that she smelled and saw smoke and that she heard the popping noise again. The decision was made to evacuate the airplane in the runup area due to the smoke. I declared an emergency with Ramp Control and asked for fire/rescue assistance. We told the flight attendants that we would be evacuating the aircraft. We parked the aircraft in the runup area and ran the on ground emergency QRC. The Captain made the evacuation announcement and I opened the main cabin door and lead the passengers upwind of the aircraft. At this time fire/rescue vehicles arrived.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

After a Q400 flight attendant twice reported a popping sound accompanied by an odor and smoke in the aircraft's aft galley; the captain parked the taxiing aircraft; declared an emergency and evacuated the passengers.