A canadair CL65 on initial climb at 1500 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to smoke in the c...

Attributes
ACN	426023
Time
Date	199901
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 9100 flight time type : 530
ASRS Report	426023
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1900 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	427586
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

This was our first flight of our trip. The aircraft assigned was xyz, it had a deferred APU. The aircraft came in late. Our flight was cvg to cle aircraft X that had a departure time of AB15. The passenger were boarded at about AA45 and we were waiting on ramp to get us an air cart to start the #2 engine. Operations told us the air cart was frozen and they were trying to come up with something. A few mins later an a&P mechanic came on and said he was starting the APU so we could start the engine. I said it was deferred, he said it was ok. He started the APU. I started the #2 engine. He shut down the APU. We taxied to deice, started #2 engine from the #2 engine deiced with type I and taxied to runway 27. We ran the engine packs and bleeds for heat going to runway and smelled no deice fluid fumes. For takeoff we had the packs and engine bleeds off with wing and cowl anti-ice on. After 1500 ft when running climb checklist hot pack, smoke started coming from the eyeball vents after the bleeds and packs were turned on. The first officer was flying so I could put on my mask with my left hand and turn off the bleeds with my right hand. My first officer got his mask on and we had communication. I got out the QRH, told ATC the problem, and started doing the QRH. The flight attendant at first sign of smoke started ringing us, causing much distraction, so the first officer told her we knew of the problem. When I was down to the smoke removal, I called her to see how it was in back. She said there was a lot of smoke. I asked if she wanted the masks, she said yes. I dropped the masks and finished the QRH smoke removal. We got back into normal checklist and landed. The flight attendant panicked and distraction us in the cockpit. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a canadair CL65 and the feedback from maintenance on the corrective action taken was the replacement of the pack filter or filters due to contamination. The reporter said that deicing fluid was highly suspect but maintenance did not state the contaminant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CANADAIR CL65 ON INITIAL CLB AT 1500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN CAUSED BY AIR CONDITIONING PACK FILTERS CONTAMINATED WITH DEICING FLUID.

Narrative: THIS WAS OUR FIRST FLT OF OUR TRIP. THE ACFT ASSIGNED WAS XYZ, IT HAD A DEFERRED APU. THE ACFT CAME IN LATE. OUR FLT WAS CVG TO CLE ACFT X THAT HAD A DEP TIME OF AB15. THE PAX WERE BOARDED AT ABOUT AA45 AND WE WERE WAITING ON RAMP TO GET US AN AIR CART TO START THE #2 ENG. OPS TOLD US THE AIR CART WAS FROZEN AND THEY WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. A FEW MINS LATER AN A&P MECH CAME ON AND SAID HE WAS STARTING THE APU SO WE COULD START THE ENG. I SAID IT WAS DEFERRED, HE SAID IT WAS OK. HE STARTED THE APU. I STARTED THE #2 ENG. HE SHUT DOWN THE APU. WE TAXIED TO DEICE, STARTED #2 ENG FROM THE #2 ENG DEICED WITH TYPE I AND TAXIED TO RWY 27. WE RAN THE ENG PACKS AND BLEEDS FOR HEAT GOING TO RWY AND SMELLED NO DEICE FLUID FUMES. FOR TKOF WE HAD THE PACKS AND ENG BLEEDS OFF WITH WING AND COWL ANTI-ICE ON. AFTER 1500 FT WHEN RUNNING CLB CHKLIST HOT PACK, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE EYEBALL VENTS AFTER THE BLEEDS AND PACKS WERE TURNED ON. THE FO WAS FLYING SO I COULD PUT ON MY MASK WITH MY L HAND AND TURN OFF THE BLEEDS WITH MY R HAND. MY FO GOT HIS MASK ON AND WE HAD COM. I GOT OUT THE QRH, TOLD ATC THE PROB, AND STARTED DOING THE QRH. THE FLT ATTENDANT AT FIRST SIGN OF SMOKE STARTED RINGING US, CAUSING MUCH DISTR, SO THE FO TOLD HER WE KNEW OF THE PROB. WHEN I WAS DOWN TO THE SMOKE REMOVAL, I CALLED HER TO SEE HOW IT WAS IN BACK. SHE SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE. I ASKED IF SHE WANTED THE MASKS, SHE SAID YES. I DROPPED THE MASKS AND FINISHED THE QRH SMOKE REMOVAL. WE GOT BACK INTO NORMAL CHKLIST AND LANDED. THE FLT ATTENDANT PANICKED AND DISTR US IN THE COCKPIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A CANADAIR CL65 AND THE FEEDBACK FROM MAINT ON THE CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PACK FILTER OR FILTERS DUE TO CONTAMINATION. THE RPTR SAID THAT DEICING FLUID WAS HIGHLY SUSPECT BUT MAINT DID NOT STATE THE CONTAMINANT.

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.

A canadair CL65 on initial climb at 1500 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to smoke in the cockpit and cabin caused by air conditioning pack filters contaminated with deicing fluid.