EXTREME HEAT RPTED IN CABIN ON INITIAL TKOF FOLLOWED BY RPT OF SMOKE. RETURN LAND FOLLOWED BY EVAC.
Synopsis
EXTREME HEAT RPTED IN CABIN ON INITIAL TKOF FOLLOWED BY RPT OF SMOKE. RETURN LAND FOLLOWED BY EVAC.
Narrative
ON INITIAL CLBOUT; THE FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED EXTREME HEAT AND SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THERE WERE NO COCKPIT INDICATIONS. SMOKE IN CABIN CHKLIST WAS RUN. HEAT AND SMOKE GOT WORSE. EMER LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED BACK AT FNT. TWR RPTED TRAILING SMOKE AND A PAX RPTED SMOKE AND POSSIBLY FIRE EXITING ONE SPOT ON THE R WING. DURING THE GND EVAC; THE CONE DEPLOYED; BUT THE SLIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 480030: THE CAPT TOOK THE ACFT ON FINAL AND ACCOMPLISHED AN EMER LNDG AND DIRECTED EMER EVAC. THE AFT TAILCONE WAS JETTISONED ON EVAC; BUT THE SLIDE WOULD NOT DEPLOY. TWR RPTED SMOKE TRAILING. MORE THAN 1 PAX RPTED SMOKE FROM THE R WING AND 1 BRIEF FLAME. AFT TAILCONE SLIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY AUTO AND MANUAL DEPLOYMENT WAS ATTEMPTED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR ACN 480030 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR SAID THAT WITH OXYGEN MASKS ON; COM WAS DIFFICULT. DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENT; SMOKE REACHED A LEVEL IN THE CABIN TO SET OFF ALL THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS. TWR WAS HELPFUL BY CLRING A LNDG ON A RWY THAT WAS LISTED AS CLOSED; BUT WAS USABLE FOR AN EXPEDITED LNDG. SMOKE OBSERVED COMING FROM THE ACFT WAS APPARENTLY FROM THE HEAT EXCHANGER EXHAUST OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PACK WHICH WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY OVERHEATED BY MAINT. THIS RPTR SAID THAT THIS INCIDENT REINFORCED HIS AIRLINE TRAINING THAT SUGGESTS IN A SMOKE OR FIRE SIT GET THE ACFT ON THE GND WITHOUT DELAY. THERE WAS NO FEEDBACK AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE TAILCONE SLIDE TO DEPLOY IN EITHER THE AUTO OR MANUAL MODE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.