Embraer 145 captain reported electrical fumes and smoke emanating from the left windshield resulted ...

Attributes
ACN	1544937
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Window Ice/Rain System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

We took off from ZZZ. On the climb out; passing approximately 8;000 [feet] MSL; we started to smell a strong electrical smoke odor; and then I noticed smoke billowing up of the bottom left windshield on the first officer's (first officer) side. I was flying and I pointed it out to the pilot not flying; who was the PIC (pilot-in-command). We followed [another aircraft] and [advised ATC]; notified the flight attendant (flight attendant) and then diverted into ZZZ1. Me and the pilot not flying thought it might be the windshield heat; so we turned it off and the smoke immediately stopped. We landed in ZZZ1 with the emergency vehicles standing by; no assistance was needed and we taxied to the gate without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Embraer 145 Captain reported electrical fumes and smoke emanating from the left windshield resulted in a diversion to a nearby suitable airport.

Narrative: We took off from ZZZ. On the climb out; passing approximately 8;000 [feet] MSL; we started to smell a strong electrical smoke odor; and then I noticed smoke billowing up of the bottom left windshield on the FO's (First Officer) side. I was flying and I pointed it out to the pilot not flying; who was the PIC (Pilot-in-Command). We followed [another aircraft] and [advised ATC]; notified the FA (Flight Attendant) and then diverted into ZZZ1. Me and the pilot not flying thought it might be the windshield heat; so we turned it off and the smoke immediately stopped. We landed in ZZZ1 with the emergency vehicles standing by; no assistance was needed and we taxied to the gate without further incident.

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.

Embraer 145 captain reported electrical fumes and smoke emanating from the left windshield resulted in a diversion to a nearby suitable airport.