Flight crew of an light transport declared an emergency and returned to land after electrical smoke came into the cockpit.

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Attributes
ACN	298983
Time
Date	199503
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : art
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zbw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	298983
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
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 other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After departing watertown, I observed smoke (electrical) in cabin and 'yaw servo' circuit breaker popped. Declared emergency with ZBW, returned to airport, landed uneventfully, and evacuate/evacuationed through main cabin door.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LTT DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER ELECTRICAL SMOKE CAME INTO THE COCKPIT.

Narrative: AFTER DEPARTING WATERTOWN, I OBSERVED SMOKE (ELECTRICAL) IN CABIN AND 'YAW SERVO' CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. DECLARED EMER WITH ZBW, RETURNED TO ARPT, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, AND EVACED THROUGH MAIN CABIN DOOR.

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.