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Aircraft equipment problem. Smoke from captain's brief case light assembly. Emergency declared, flight crew accomplished procedures for the smoke and, when pulling circuit breakers, the smoke stopped.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 340749 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dtw artcc : zma |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 12000 |
| ASRS Report | 340749 |
| 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 | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
While descending into dtw noticed funny odor. Checked with flight attendant -- no odor noticed in back of aircraft. Found smoke coming from captain brief case light assembly. We declared an emergency, had equipment standing by, followed emergency procedure for aircraft. Smoke quit after pulling breakers, landed on runway 3L. After landing, taxied to gate since smoke did not reoccur.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. SMOKE FROM CAPT'S BRIEF CASE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. EMER DECLARED, FLC ACCOMPLISHED PROCS FOR THE SMOKE AND, WHEN PULLING CIRCUIT BREAKERS, THE SMOKE STOPPED.
Narrative: WHILE DSNDING INTO DTW NOTICED FUNNY ODOR. CHKED WITH FLT ATTENDANT -- NO ODOR NOTICED IN BACK OF ACFT. FOUND SMOKE COMING FROM CAPT BRIEF CASE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. WE DECLARED AN EMER, HAD EQUIP STANDING BY, FOLLOWED EMER PROC FOR ACFT. SMOKE QUIT AFTER PULLING BREAKERS, LANDED ON RWY 3L. AFTER LNDG, TAXIED TO GATE SINCE SMOKE DID NOT REOCCUR.
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.