Small aircraft declared emergency due to smoke in cockpit.

Attributes
ACN	307747
Time
Date	199506
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : toa
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4500 msl bound upper : 4500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax tracon : fay
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	307747
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Declared an emergency and received priority handling into torrance. Received radar vectors and descent. Smelled smoke in cockpit seemed electrical. Smell increased. Passenger looked under panel for source. A few mins later we saw smoke coming out of radio panel. Declared emergency. Turned off suspected radio and problem seemed to be ok by the time we got on the ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA DECLARED EMER DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT.

Narrative: DECLARED AN EMER AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING INTO TORRANCE. RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS AND DSCNT. SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT SEEMED ELECTRICAL. SMELL INCREASED. PAX LOOKED UNDER PANEL FOR SOURCE. A FEW MINS LATER WE SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF RADIO PANEL. DECLARED EMER. TURNED OFF SUSPECTED RADIO AND PROB SEEMED TO BE OK BY THE TIME WE GOT ON THE GND.

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.