An SF340 flight crew declared an emergency and elected to divert to a nearby airport when a burning ...

Narrative:

In cruise flight at 11;000 feet the captain and I noticed a burning smell on the flight deck. He then called the flight attendant and she informed him that she and the passengers could smell it as well. The captain decided to declare an emergency and divert to a nearby airport. We noticed soon that the temperature in the flight deck was getting warmer and we ran the abnormal checklist. As we were doing this; the smell started to dissipate and eventually went away. He called the flight attendant and she concurred that the smell was gone. The captain decided to turn back to our original destination and continue the arrival and then made an announcement to the passengers telling them the situation. We landed without further incident. The captain wrote up the problem and informed maintenance. Maintenance came to the airplane and we were then requested to do an engine run up so that maintenance could check the problem out. After the run up; the aircraft was then grounded.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An SF340 Flight Crew declared an emergency and elected to divert to a nearby airport when a burning odor was detected on the flight deck and in the cabin. The odor later dissipated completely and the flight re-cleared to their original destination where the aircraft was grounded.

Narrative: In cruise flight at 11;000 feet the Captain and I noticed a burning smell on the flight deck. He then called the Flight Attendant and she informed him that she and the passengers could smell it as well. The Captain decided to declare an emergency and divert to a nearby airport. We noticed soon that the temperature in the flight deck was getting warmer and we ran the abnormal checklist. As we were doing this; the smell started to dissipate and eventually went away. He called the Flight Attendant and she concurred that the smell was gone. The Captain decided to turn back to our original destination and continue the arrival and then made an announcement to the passengers telling them the situation. We landed without further incident. The Captain wrote up the problem and informed maintenance. Maintenance came to the airplane and we were then requested to do an engine run up so that Maintenance could check the problem out. After the run up; the aircraft was then grounded.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	878449
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SF 340B
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23 Flight Crew Total 2980 Flight Crew Type 1470
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

An SF340 flight crew declared an emergency and elected to divert to a nearby airport when a burning odor was detected on the flight deck and in the cabin. The odor later dissipated completely and the flight re-cleared to their original destination where the aircraft was grounded.