A cessna 152 instructor pilot reported smoke and fumes of an electrical nature emanating from the in...

Narrative:

I was doing the airwork in the area 10 NM west northwest of ZZZ at between 2500 ft. And 3500 ft. Over the airport. I got done and I decided to head back east towards ZZZ. I started a shallow descent which was followed by a descent advised by the ATC a few minutes earlier to avoid a traffic. At this time I was between 2500 ft. And 3000 ft. MSL. After a short while; I noticed a smell and then saw the smoke coming out of [the] instrument panel. I immediately turned all electricals and master switch off. At this point of time I wanted to land as soon as possible. I spotted a field north east of my position and I decided to do a precautionary landing there. I headed to the field and prepared for an off airport landing. I found out that I was high on altitude to land at that field. I extended base leg. Then turned towards it and I was still a little high. I had to pitch down and my airspeed was around somewhere in 80s (KIAS). I touched down and landing roll was considerably long due to high airspeed and also there was no flaps as I turned the master switch off earlier. I did put the flaps before the landing though as an instinctive procedure. I went through the power-lines during landing roll. Airplane came to a stop; I got out and inspected any damage. Airplane appeared undamaged. I called up the regional approach and owner of the airplane and explained the situation. In a short while; I also got in touch with the owner of that field. The owner of the airplane along with an a&P; and later on an FAA inspector; came to the site and inspected the airplane. They found no damage. I am a CFI and I usually fly with students from right seat. I had decided to fly from the left seat for this flight. It did not make a whole lot of difference but I would certainly like to point out that looking at the airspeed from left seat at the critical last moment was not as natural as my other usual flights. This incident has given me an opportunity to teach my students the emergency situations in a better way. I think I will be able to implement the emphasis on mindset and readiness for an emergency situation as much as having them remember the memory items for emergency and skill to perform in a far better way.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Cessna 152 instructor pilot reported smoke and fumes of an electrical nature emanating from the instrument panel; resulting in a successful off field landing.

Narrative: I was doing the airwork in the area 10 NM west northwest of ZZZ at between 2500 ft. and 3500 ft. over the airport. I got done and I decided to head back east towards ZZZ. I started a shallow descent which was followed by a descent advised by the ATC a few minutes earlier to avoid a traffic. At this time I was between 2500 ft. and 3000 ft. MSL. After a short while; I noticed a smell and then saw the smoke coming out of [the] instrument panel. I immediately turned all electricals and master switch off. At this point of time I wanted to land as soon as possible. I spotted a field north east of my position and I decided to do a precautionary landing there. I headed to the field and prepared for an off airport landing. I found out that I was high on altitude to land at that field. I extended base leg. Then turned towards it and I was still a little high. I had to pitch down and my airspeed was around somewhere in 80s (KIAS). I touched down and landing roll was considerably long due to high airspeed and also there was no flaps as I turned the master switch off earlier. I did put the flaps before the landing though as an instinctive procedure. I went through the power-lines during landing roll. Airplane came to a stop; I got out and inspected any damage. Airplane appeared undamaged. I called up the regional approach and owner of the airplane and explained the situation. In a short while; I also got in touch with the owner of that field. The owner of the airplane along with an A&P; and later on an FAA inspector; came to the site and inspected the airplane. They found no damage. I am a CFI and I usually fly with students from right seat. I had decided to fly from the left seat for this flight. It did not make a whole lot of difference but I would certainly like to point out that looking at the airspeed from left seat at the critical last moment was not as natural as my other usual flights. This incident has given me an opportunity to teach my students the emergency situations in a better way. I think I will be able to implement the emphasis on mindset and readiness for an emergency situation as much as having them remember the memory items for emergency and skill to perform in a far better way.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1551704
Time
Date	201806
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
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	Descent
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Wiring & Connectors
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 123 Flight Crew Total 1120
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

A cessna 152 instructor pilot reported smoke and fumes of an electrical nature emanating from the instrument panel; resulting in a successful off field landing.