B757 FLT CREW REJECTS TKOF AFTER SMOKE IS DETECTED DURING THE TKOF ROLL.
Synopsis
B757 FLT CREW REJECTS TKOF AFTER SMOKE IS DETECTED DURING THE TKOF ROLL.
Narrative
ON TKOF ROLL I NOTICED MY SUNGLASSES FOGGING UP AND A SLIGHT HAZE DEVELOPING IN THE COCKPIT. APPEARED TO BE POSSIBLE SMOKE. THIS WAS VERIFIED BY THE FO. TKOF WAS ABORTED AT APPROX 90 KTS. ON ROLLOUT COM WAS ESTABLISHED WITH FLT ATTENDANTS. THEY ADVISED SMOKE IN THE CABIN BUT WAS RAPIDLY DISSIPATING. DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO EVAC AT THIS TIME. ATC ADVISED AND REQUESTED EMER EQUIP. HAD NO COCKPIT INDICATIONS OF FIRE. R ENG SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION. EQUIP ADVISED SMALL AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL SMOKE FROM R ENG. CHKED WITH FLT ATTENDANTS AND THEY ADVISED SMOKE WAS ALMOST GONE. DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO THE GATE WITH FIRE DEPT ESCORT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 756512: DURING THE BRIEF WITH THE CAPT A COUPLE MAINT ITEMS WERE MENTIONED. A HIGH STAGE BLEED VALVE WAS DEFERRED AND A HISTORY OF HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION IN THE R ENG. DURING THE TKOF ROLL I NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CALLED FOR AN ABORT. THE CAPT TOOK CTLS AND INITIATED THE ABORT AT AROUND 90 KTS. RTO KICKED MOMENTARILY IN AND WAS KICKED OFF AND WE ROLLED TO A SLOW ROLL OFF THE RWY. TWR WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ABORT AND THE EMER EQUIP WAS CALLED. WE CAME TO A STOP ON TXWY B AND THE FIRE DEPT DID A DRIVE AROUND AND NOTICED SOME SMOKE (A SMALL AMOUNT) COMING FROM THE R ENG. WE WERE ADVISED IT WAS SAFE TO TAXI TO THE GATE. DURING THE TAXI IN WE SHUT DOWN THE R ENG. DURING THE ABORT DIALOG AND COM WAS MADE WITH THE CABIN CREW TO DETERMINE IF AN EVAC WAS NECESSARY AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SMOKE WAS DISSIPATING.
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