A B757 first officer's flight directer off flap appeared at about the same time as an electrical odo...

Attributes
ACN	1094365
Time
Date	201306
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 10700 Flight Crew Type 3530
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

We were at cruise at FL380. We noticed that we had an off flag on the first officer's flight director. We were in the process of doing the checklist when we started noticing an unusual odor in the cockpit. We made a call to the lead flight attendant and ask if there was any unusual odors from in the cabin and she said there was through out the cabin. The odor was getting stronger and we could not determine what it was. We ran the smoke and fumes removal checklist and decided to divert. The smell seemed to come and go through out the remainder of the flight. A normal landing was made and taxied to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 First Officer's Flight Directer OFF flap appeared at about the same time as an electrical odor was detected in both the flight station and cabin so the flight diverted to a nearby airport for a normal landing.

Narrative: We were at cruise at FL380. We noticed that we had an OFF flag on the First Officer's Flight Director. We were in the process of doing the checklist when we started noticing an unusual odor in the cockpit. We made a call to the Lead Flight Attendant and ask if there was any unusual odors from in the cabin and she said there was through out the cabin. The odor was getting stronger and we could not determine what it was. We ran the Smoke and Fumes Removal Checklist and decided to divert. The smell seemed to come and go through out the remainder of the flight. A normal landing was made and taxied to the gate.

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.

A B757 first officer's flight directer off flap appeared at about the same time as an electrical odor was detected in both the flight station and cabin so the flight diverted to a nearby airport for a normal landing.