Smoke entered the cockpit and cabin area. Aircraft evacuated after landing rollout.

Attributes
ACN	81136
Time
Date	198801
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : rdu tower : rdu
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	81136
Person 2
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Smoke filling the cabin/cockpit which the cause is unknown at this time. Flight was approaching the raleigh durham airport and landed safely and west/O incident. Source of the smoke is unknown, however passenger indicated the smoke was coming from the floor. The flight involved a crew of 2 and no F/a. The first officer evacuate/evacuation'd the passenger safely. What exactly caused the smoke is still being investigated and is being studied by the company maintenance personnel. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: maintenance found a compressor seal had broken allowing vapor to enter the cockpit and cabin area through the air conditioning system. Aircraft evacuate/evacuation'd with no injuries. Problem proved to be of no consequence and the aircraft was back in service shortly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN AREA. ACFT EVACUATED AFTER LANDING ROLLOUT.

Narrative: SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN/COCKPIT WHICH THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. FLT WAS APCHING THE RALEIGH DURHAM ARPT AND LANDED SAFELY AND W/O INCIDENT. SOURCE OF THE SMOKE IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER PAX INDICATED THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FLOOR. THE FLT INVOLVED A CREW OF 2 AND NO F/A. THE F/O EVAC'D THE PAX SAFELY. WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THE SMOKE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED AND IS BEING STUDIED BY THE COMPANY MAINT PERSONNEL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: MAINT FOUND A COMPRESSOR SEAL HAD BROKEN ALLOWING VAPOR TO ENTER THE COCKPIT AND CABIN AREA THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING SYS. ACFT EVAC'D WITH NO INJURIES. PROB PROVED TO BE OF NO CONSEQUENCE AND THE ACFT WAS BACK IN SVC SHORTLY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.