Toxic fumes in cockpit. Aircraft diverted and landed under emergency clearance.

Attributes
ACN	116806
Time
Date	198906
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff landing other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	116806
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff lga runway 13 fumes were noted. The fumes were acrid and irritating to the nose and eyes. An emergency was declared and landed ewr with no further apparent problems. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter states that the fumes were apparently from cleaning fluid residue used in engine bleed valve cleaning. Aircraft was subjected to an engine run up on ground after maintenance was completed but the aircraft air conditioning was not on during the run up and so the fumes were not noticed until high power was applied during takeoff with air conditioning packs on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TOXIC FUMES IN COCKPIT. ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED UNDER EMERGENCY CLRNC.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF LGA RWY 13 FUMES WERE NOTED. THE FUMES WERE ACRID AND IRRITATING TO THE NOSE AND EYES. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND LANDED EWR WITH NO FURTHER APPARENT PROBLEMS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: REPORTER STATES THAT THE FUMES WERE APPARENTLY FROM CLEANING FLUID RESIDUE USED IN ENGINE BLEED VALVE CLEANING. ACFT WAS SUBJECTED TO AN ENGINE RUN UP ON GND AFTER MAINT WAS COMPLETED BUT THE ACFT AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT ON DURING THE RUN UP AND SO THE FUMES WERE NOT NOTICED UNTIL HIGH POWER WAS APPLIED DURING TKOF WITH AIR CONDITIONING PACKS ON.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.