A canadair CL65 crew, on takeoff, climb at 500 ft, declared an emergency and diverted due to odor and white fumes in cockpit. Caused by deicing fluid.

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Attributes
ACN	538248
Time
Date	200202
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atw.airport
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Snow
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : grb.tracon tower : dca.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	538248
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Weather Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

Strong glycol odor in cockpit followed by intense white fumes. Went on oxygen, did checklists, declared an emergency and landed back at atw without any further problems. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the airplane was deiced on the ground prior to departure with winds gusting from 17-23 mph and a large amount of glycol deicing fluid was blown into the engine and air conditioning intake ducts. The reporter said at high power the glycol was ingested into the packs causing the odor and fumes. The reporter stated when back on the ground the air conditioning air was clear and the odor and fumes were gone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CANADAIR CL65 CREW, ON TKOF, CLB AT 500 FT, DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO ODOR AND WHITE FUMES IN COCKPIT. CAUSED BY DEICING FLUID.

Narrative: STRONG GLYCOL ODOR IN COCKPIT FOLLOWED BY INTENSE WHITE FUMES. WENT ON OXYGEN, DID CHKLISTS, DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED BACK AT ATW WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS DEICED ON THE GND PRIOR TO DEP WITH WINDS GUSTING FROM 17-23 MPH AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF GLYCOL DEICING FLUID WAS BLOWN INTO THE ENG AND AIR CONDITIONING INTAKE DUCTS. THE RPTR SAID AT HIGH PWR THE GLYCOL WAS INGESTED INTO THE PACKS CAUSING THE ODOR AND FUMES. THE RPTR STATED WHEN BACK ON THE GND THE AIR CONDITIONING AIR WAS CLR AND THE ODOR AND FUMES WERE GONE.

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.