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Emb-145 captain reported they started smelling an electrical burning type odor in the cockpit after takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1503718 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 3300 Flight Crew Type 346 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
On the initial climb; right after rotation; [we] started smelling a strange odor in the cockpit. We pointed it out and got back to it after we finished our after takeoff checklist to troubleshoot. At the same time; we notified ATC of the issue that we might be returning back to the field so they gave us a heading that keeps us around the airport. While we were trying to find the electrical burning type odor smell; we called the flight attendant and he also confirmed the that he smells the same electrical burning type odor and he had never smelled such a thing before and neither me and my first officer did in the past of our career time.we decided to return to the field. Right after we decided to return to the field and started the preparation for it; the smell started to dissipate; so we chose not to notify it to ATC as an emergency to see if it going to go away; and it did. We landed back in our departure airport and made a maintenance write up about it for company to inspect it the issue. We noticed that there were no caution or master lights while the smell was in the environment neither circuit breakers were pulled.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-145 Captain reported they started smelling an electrical burning type odor in the cockpit after takeoff.
Narrative: On the initial climb; right after rotation; [we] started smelling a strange odor in the cockpit. We pointed it out and got back to it after we finished our after takeoff checklist to troubleshoot. At the same time; we notified ATC of the issue that we might be returning back to the field so they gave us a heading that keeps us around the airport. While we were trying to find the electrical burning type odor smell; we called the flight attendant and he also confirmed the that he smells the same electrical burning type odor and he had never smelled such a thing before and neither me and my First Officer did in the past of our career time.We decided to return to the field. Right after we decided to return to the field and started the preparation for it; the smell started to dissipate; so we chose not to notify it to ATC as an emergency to see if it going to go away; and it did. We landed back in our departure Airport and made a maintenance write up about it for company to inspect it the issue. We noticed that there were no caution or master lights while the smell was in the environment neither circuit breakers were pulled.
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.