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A320 flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land after observing smoke in the cockpit and several circuit breakers popped.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 555168 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200207 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sct.tracon |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10500 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sct.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 555108 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : circuit breakers popped other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Departed lax to iad climbing through about 10500 ft had to declare emergency due to light smoke in the cockpit. There were circuit breakers that had popped. We donned the oxygen masks. The smoke cleared and we landed back in lax uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER OBSERVING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED.
Narrative: DEPARTED LAX TO IAD CLBING THROUGH ABOUT 10500 FT HAD TO DECLARE EMER DUE TO LIGHT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THERE WERE CIRCUIT BREAKERS THAT HAD POPPED. WE DONNED THE OXYGEN MASKS. THE SMOKE CLRED AND WE LANDED BACK IN LAX UNEVENTFULLY.
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.