MD11 crew had smoke in the cockpit in ZME class a.

Attributes
ACN	569548
Time
Date	200212
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem.airport
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl single value : 28000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme.artcc
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : vacating altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : private pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 8700 flight time type : 420
ASRS Report	569548
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6800 flight time type : 420
ASRS Report	569418
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Experienced smoke in cockpit. Suspected it was coming from air conditioning system. Declared emergency and returned to kmem. Landed runway 27, full stop, used emergency escape slide to egress from the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 CREW HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT IN ZME CLASS A.

Narrative: EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. SUSPECTED IT WAS COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYS. DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO KMEM. LANDED RWY 27, FULL STOP, USED EMER ESCAPE SLIDE TO EGRESS FROM THE 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.