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Captain of air carrier medium large transport aircraft made an emergency descent due to smoke in the cockpit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 225713 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199211 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : als |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 22000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zab |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 225713 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight sea-iah. Over ALS at FL370, had engine anti-ice on. Cockpit started filling with smoke. Declared an emergency and was cleared by ATC for descent to 10000 ft. Turned off engine anti-ice and smoke cleared by FL220. Leveled off and then decided to make precautionary landing at amarillo, tx. Landing was uneventful and fire trucks met aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF ACR MLG ACFT MADE AN EMER DSCNT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.
Narrative: ACR FLT SEA-IAH. OVER ALS AT FL370, HAD ENG ANTI-ICE ON. COCKPIT STARTED FILLING WITH SMOKE. DECLARED AN EMER AND WAS CLRED BY ATC FOR DSCNT TO 10000 FT. TURNED OFF ENG ANTI-ICE AND SMOKE CLRED BY FL220. LEVELED OFF AND THEN DECIDED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT AMARILLO, TX. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL AND FIRE TRUCKS MET ACFT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.