B727 flight crew has oil quantity gauge burn causing smoke and fumes in cockpit. Emergency declared.

Attributes
ACN	389263
Time
Date	199712
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bhm
State Reference	AL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 28000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	389263
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Overheated, burned engine #3 oil quantity gauge caused smoke and fumes in cockpit. Emergency declared and diverted to bhm as it was in sight to the west. No further problems and good support from all agencies, crew and ground support kept this potentially very serious problem from escalating.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC HAS OIL QUANTITY GAUGE BURN CAUSING SMOKE AND FUMES IN COCKPIT. EMER DECLARED.

Narrative: OVERHEATED, BURNED ENG #3 OIL QUANTITY GAUGE CAUSED SMOKE AND FUMES IN COCKPIT. EMER DECLARED AND DIVERTED TO BHM AS IT WAS IN SIGHT TO THE W. NO FURTHER PROBS AND GOOD SUPPORT FROM ALL AGENCIES, CREW AND GND SUPPORT KEPT THIS POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS PROB FROM ESCALATING.

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.