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EMB145 flight crew experienced an electrical fire, black cockpit smoke, but did not declare an emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 571004 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200301 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 18000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Weather Elements | Ice |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 571004 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Strong burning smell in cockpit followed by black smoke coming out of vents on first officer side. Later investigation showed evidence of an electrical fire. Pitot relay burned and shorted out. Captain refused to declare an emergency and continued flight at 12000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB145 FLC EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, BLACK COCKPIT SMOKE, BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER.
Narrative: STRONG BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT FOLLOWED BY BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF VENTS ON FO SIDE. LATER INVESTIGATION SHOWED EVIDENCE OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. PITOT RELAY BURNED AND SHORTED OUT. CAPT REFUSED TO DECLARE AN EMER AND CONTINUED FLT AT 12000 FT.
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.