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Flight crew of an medium large transport declared an emergency and returned to land after smoke came out of pedestal in cockpit caused by a burned out spoiler accumulator motor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 327982 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 327982 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| 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 other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After departure from st louis on flight X of feb/mon/96, we started to smell smoke odor in the cockpit. The smoke smell increased. We declared an emergency and returned to st louis airport. We landed and proceeded to gate xx. At the gate we could see smoke from the pedestal, so we got the people off the aircraft. A spoiler accumulator motor had burned up!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER SMOKE CAME OUT OF PEDESTAL IN COCKPIT CAUSED BY A BURNED OUT SPOILER ACCUMULATOR MOTOR.
Narrative: AFTER DEP FROM ST LOUIS ON FLT X OF FEB/MON/96, WE STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. THE SMOKE SMELL INCREASED. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO ST LOUIS ARPT. WE LANDED AND PROCEEDED TO GATE XX. AT THE GATE WE COULD SEE SMOKE FROM THE PEDESTAL, SO WE GOT THE PEOPLE OFF THE ACFT. A SPOILER ACCUMULATOR MOTOR HAD BURNED UP!
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.