A B727-200 diverts to slc declaring emergency with acrid smoke in the cabin.

Attributes
ACN	436053
Time
Date	199905
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc.airport
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl single value : 35000
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zlc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	436053
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Smelled smoke and electrical odor in aircraft. Diverted to slc after declaring an emergency. Landed slc without incident. Gasper fan on aircraft overheated and failed. Original flight dal to yvr with divert to slc.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 DIVERTS TO SLC DECLARING EMER WITH ACRID SMOKE IN THE CABIN.

Narrative: SMELLED SMOKE AND ELECTRICAL ODOR IN ACFT. DIVERTED TO SLC AFTER DECLARING AN EMER. LANDED SLC WITHOUT INCIDENT. GASPER FAN ON ACFT OVERHEATED AND FAILED. ORIGINAL FLT DAL TO YVR WITH DIVERT TO SLC.

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.