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Flight crew of an light transport atx declared an emergency and returned to land due to smoke coming from the throttle quadrant during a repositioning flight after maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 272867 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199405 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : law |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : fsi tracon : tys |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 272867 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| 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:
The aircraft was picked up from maintenance in law. The power quadrant was changed the night before. The preflight, engine start, taxi, and takeoff were all normal. During climb out a faint smell of smoke was noticed followed shortly after by a much stronger smell and visible smoke. The smoke appeared to be coming from under the right (#2) throttle lever. The crew declared an emergency and returned to law without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT ATX DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM THE THROTTLE QUADRANT DURING A REPOSITIONING FLT AFTER MAINT.
Narrative: THE ACFT WAS PICKED UP FROM MAINT IN LAW. THE PWR QUADRANT WAS CHANGED THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE PREFLT, ENG START, TAXI, AND TKOF WERE ALL NORMAL. DURING CLBOUT A FAINT SMELL OF SMOKE WAS NOTICED FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY A MUCH STRONGER SMELL AND VISIBLE SMOKE. THE SMOKE APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE R (#2) THROTTLE LEVER. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAW WITHOUT INCIDENT.
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.