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B767 crew discovers electrical smoke and fumes shortly after takeoff at mia. Declare emergency and return to field.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 607820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200402 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zma.artcc |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 607820 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 607666 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After departure, we had a very strong odor of electrical burning, followed by message 'standby inverter failure.' we declared an emergency and returned to mia. Requested crash fire rescue equipment to stand by. Landed and had no further problems. Maintenance found standby inverter to be the problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 CREW DISCOVERS ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND FUMES SHORTLY AFTER TKOF AT MIA. DECLARE EMER AND RETURN TO FIELD.
Narrative: AFTER DEP, WE HAD A VERY STRONG ODOR OF ELECTRICAL BURNING, FOLLOWED BY MESSAGE 'STANDBY INVERTER FAILURE.' WE DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO MIA. REQUESTED CFR TO STAND BY. LANDED AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBS. MAINT FOUND STANDBY INVERTER TO BE THE PROB.
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.