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A departure, climbing jetstream 3200 has smoke in the cockpit. Flight returns to san after emergency declared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 417182 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : san airport : san |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : san |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other other |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 417182 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| 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:
While on climb out out of san, smoke appeared in cockpit. An emergency was declared and a landing was made in san with no further incident. There was no fire in aircraft. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: captain reporter said that the smoke came from the left air conditioning pack. The compressor fan bearings had seized and that event turned on the left air conditioning overtemp light. During departure, the crew smelled an odor and the captain noticed a blurring of vision as they climbed into the sun. She removed her glasses and wiped them, but that failed to improve her vision. The first officer said 'hey, that's because there's smoke in the cockpit!' masks were donned, the captain saw the overtemp light come on. She turned off the pack and the flight returned to san. Captain said that this is a recurring problem with the J32 aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DEP, CLBING JETSTREAM 3200 HAS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FLT RETURNS TO SAN AFTER EMER DECLARED.
Narrative: WHILE ON CLBOUT OUT OF SAN, SMOKE APPEARED IN COCKPIT. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND A LNDG WAS MADE IN SAN WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO FIRE IN ACFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CAPT RPTR SAID THAT THE SMOKE CAME FROM THE L AIR CONDITIONING PACK. THE COMPRESSOR FAN BEARINGS HAD SEIZED AND THAT EVENT TURNED ON THE L AIR CONDITIONING OVERTEMP LIGHT. DURING DEP, THE CREW SMELLED AN ODOR AND THE CAPT NOTICED A BLURRING OF VISION AS THEY CLBED INTO THE SUN. SHE REMOVED HER GLASSES AND WIPED THEM, BUT THAT FAILED TO IMPROVE HER VISION. THE FO SAID 'HEY, THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT!' MASKS WERE DONNED, THE CAPT SAW THE OVERTEMP LIGHT COME ON. SHE TURNED OFF THE PACK AND THE FLT RETURNED TO SAN. CAPT SAID THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROB WITH THE J32 ACFT.
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.