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A flight instructor reported that during an instructional flight in a C152; crew detected smoke coming from under the instrument panel. Instructor took control and landed immediately.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1400186 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201611 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electrical Wiring & Connectors |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 450 Flight Crew Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
After completing touch-and-go; we made left traffic for runway xy. Upon turning downwind at approximately 1;200 feet MSL; I smelled a burning smell from the cockpit. After verifying that my student also smelled the same; I looked down and saw smoke rising from under the instrument panel. I took the controls from my student and informed tower that we required a landing with immediate shut off due to smoke in the cockpit. I later learned that tower then [raised] alert level 2 for us. Upon taxiing off of the runway; we shut down the aircraft and exited. I communicated with tower on my handheld radio. In my opinion; there were no mistakes made by myself or my student. The situation could not have been avoided.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A flight instructor reported that during an instructional flight in a C152; crew detected smoke coming from under the instrument panel. Instructor took control and landed immediately.
Narrative: After completing Touch-and-Go; we made left traffic for Runway XY. Upon turning downwind at approximately 1;200 feet MSL; I smelled a burning smell from the cockpit. After verifying that my student also smelled the same; I looked down and saw smoke rising from under the instrument panel. I took the controls from my student and informed Tower that we required a landing with immediate shut off due to smoke in the cockpit. I later learned that Tower then [raised] Alert level 2 for us. Upon taxiing off of the runway; we shut down the aircraft and exited. I communicated with Tower on my handheld radio. In my opinion; there were no mistakes made by myself or my student. The situation could not have been avoided.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.