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Aircraft equipment problem. Smoke in cockpit on climb out. Flight crew returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 331945 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lit |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lit |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 117 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 117 |
| ASRS Report | 331945 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb out, smoke detected in cockpit. Discovered by smell and sight of smoke in cockpit. Corrective action -- completed the emergency checklist for electrical smoke and environmental smoke in the cockpit checklist. Declared an emergency and returned to the field.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. SMOKE IN COCKPIT ON CLBOUT. FLC RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: DURING CLBOUT, SMOKE DETECTED IN COCKPIT. DISCOVERED BY SMELL AND SIGHT OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT. CORRECTIVE ACTION -- COMPLETED THE EMER CHKLIST FOR ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT CHKLIST. DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD.
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.