During descent; a B767 flight crew detects smoke billowing up from between the upper EICAS screen an...

Attributes
ACN	957675
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Wiring & Connectors
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 59 Flight Crew Total 5200 Flight Crew Type 155
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

During arrival at 10;000 ft MSL; my first officer asked me what [was] burning. A second or two later I smelled smoke also and the saw smoke billow up from between the upper EICAS screen and the glare shield for approximately 5 seconds. The smoke had an acrid odor and both crew members immediately donned O2 masks. We chose not to don smoke goggles because our eyes were not irritated. An emergency was declared with approach and vectors to final were requested. In order to reach the runway as soon as possible; aircraft was flown at greater than 250 KTS below 10;000 ft. The smoke dissipated during this phase of flight and a normal landing was accomplished. Arff was standing by and escorted aircraft back to the ramp after landing. After shutdown a fireman came into the cockpit and checked the instrument panel with what looked like an ir detector and determined that there was no active fire. There were no indications of instrument failures during the arrival and after the initial smoke (which lasted about 5 seconds) there was no further active smoke entering the cockpit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: During descent; a B767 flight crew detects smoke billowing up from between the upper EICAS screen and the glare shield for approximately 5 seconds. An emergency is declared and an expeditious approach and landing are accomplished. No further problems are encountered.

Narrative: During arrival at 10;000 FT MSL; my First Officer asked me what [was] burning. A second or two later I smelled smoke also and the saw smoke billow up from between the upper EICAS screen and the glare shield for approximately 5 seconds. The smoke had an acrid odor and both crew members immediately donned O2 masks. We chose not to don smoke goggles because our eyes were not irritated. An emergency was declared with Approach and vectors to final were requested. In order to reach the runway as soon as possible; aircraft was flown at greater than 250 KTS below 10;000 FT. The smoke dissipated during this phase of flight and a normal landing was accomplished. ARFF was standing by and escorted aircraft back to the ramp after landing. After shutdown a Fireman came into the cockpit and checked the instrument panel with what looked like an IR detector and determined that there was no active fire. There were no indications of instrument failures during the arrival and after the initial smoke (which lasted about 5 seconds) there was no further active smoke entering the cockpit.

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.